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i don't think anyone on the Blue Jays could keep that kind of production going for this long. they're averaging 6 runs per game, which is on pace for almost 1000 per season. guys like scutaro, aaron hill, and adam lind have been marginal hitters in the past, but are all having career years so far.

remember earlier in the season when emilio bonifacio tore it up in the first week? he had no history of being a good hitter in the past, and he has now regressed to the hitter we all thought he was (he's a little over .250 now, and doesn't score many runs nowadays).

all three blue jays hitters I previously mentioned are better than bonifacio, but it's a bit ambitious to think a guy like Aaron Hill could finish .320+ with almost 100 rbi. i will start believing in him if he's still over .300 at the all-star break. same with lind, and same with the blue jays as a team. wait till tampa and boston start hitting their strides, and see if the blue jays can hold them off.


also, Halladay has dominated the Yankees in his career, and he's done it in a time when the Yanks invested a lot of resources to try to be a top-tier hitting team. I've never seen the Yanks act so helpless against any other pitcher. Pedro didn't dominate the Yanks to this extent in his prime.
 
why in the fuck is nobody talking about the fact that ryan zimmerman has a 30 game hit streak

the nationals suck (actually they're really an ace away from being competitive; they suddenly learned how to hit this year) but zimmerman has a fucking 30 game hit streak for godsakes
 
snorlaxative said:
i don't think anyone on the Blue Jays could keep that kind of production going for this long. they're averaging 6 runs per game, which is on pace for almost 1000 per season. guys like scutaro, aaron hill, and adam lind have been marginal hitters in the past, but are all having career years so far.

remember earlier in the season when emilio bonifacio tore it up in the first week? he had no history of being a good hitter in the past, and he has now regressed to the hitter we all thought he was (he's a little over .250 now, and doesn't score many runs nowadays).

all three blue jays hitters I previously mentioned are better than bonifacio, but it's a bit ambitious to think a guy like Aaron Hill could finish .320+ with almost 100 rbi. i will start believing in him if he's still over .300 at the all-star break. same with lind, and same with the blue jays as a team. wait till tampa and boston start hitting their strides, and see if the blue jays can hold them off.


also, Halladay has dominated the Yankees in his career, and he's done it in a time when the Yanks invested a lot of resources to try to be a top-tier hitting team. I've never seen the Yanks act so helpless against any other pitcher. Pedro didn't dominate the Yanks to this extent in his prime.
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hill has always been a very good hitter at time, just inconsistent. If he hits to his best the whole year he CAN and WILL bat .350. Scutaro sucks, hes only batting .272 now, after he was batting over .350 after the first week or so. So he is not really having "a career year", he's slowly sinking to his usual shittiness. And lind batted .368 in his call up in 2006, when he was only 22 years old. Most players have their best year at 25, and what do you know, Lind is 25 this year. So this will most likely be Lind's best year, so get used to it.

So the jays aren't gonna keep up this ridiculous run they are on, but it isnt all a fluke, they are actually a good team.

also, zimmerman lost his hitting streak today, which sucks, cause it was the only single positive thing to happen to the wasington nationals this year, who are becoming the detroit lions of the MLB
 
Still loling about the money Yankee's are spending on their pitchers, only to find them fail. Chien-Ming Wang, Burnett (got burned by the jays) and Sabbathia not playing to their potential.

Jays are on an amazing streak. Hopefully they can keep this playing up for the whole season.
 
lind hit .367 when he got called up in 2006, but that was only for 18 games.

you're right about aaron hill being up and down. he's had one decent season so far in his career.

i guess i mentioned scutaro only because he was like top 5 in the league in runs scored. i notice things like that quite often because I play fantasy, so it was weird when I saw some scrub like him atop the player rankings. i was surprised when hill made his way up the rankings too, but at least he's a respectable hitter.

the rotation is looking pretty solid too. halladay is halladay, and brett cecil has put together two very good starts. i wish romero would come off the DL soon; he went on the DL like a few days after I picked him up in one league.
 
Bran said:
My Cincinnati Reds are 5 games above .500! How in the world did this happen???
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The Reds always had the stuff, I'm just surprised that it's happening now that Griffey AND Dunn are gone.

On a more JAYSTASTIC note, we have won three in a row and are going for the sweep tomorrow. Great way to head into Boston! Halladay's 8-1. Richmond is struggling a little. Cecil is the beast we expected him to be, just moreso. Ray actually has hope. COME ON GUYS, THESE GUYS AREN'T EVEN IN OUR FUCKING TOP 10 ON OUR STARTERS DEPTH CHART, AND THEY'RE THIS GOOD? Losing 2 of 3 from NY wasn't great, but at least they were close. We aren't just an average team. Boston will be even more of a challenge, but the Sox are mortal. We've generally done well against them. I think that whoever takes the series takes the division, especially because they're not facing Halladay. Thoughts?
 
Bran said:
My Cincinnati Reds are 5 games above .500! How in the world did this happen???
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Ohio's all crazy about this.. At least southwestern Ohio. They're really playing well, seems to be based on pitching this time. Also nice to see some of the players I saw at Single-A Dayton Dragon games doing well up in the majors.
 
cyberzero said:
I think that whoever takes the series takes the division, especially because they're not facing Halladay. Thoughts?
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It's May, and both teams have key players on the DL. I'd say wait a bit before we start talking about the winner of the AL East, especially because it's basically anyone's game between the Rays, Sox, Jays, and Yankees.
 
tennisace said:
It's May, and both teams have key players on the DL. I'd say wait a bit before we start talking about the winner of the AL East, especially because it's basically anyone's game between the Rays, Sox, Jays, and Yankees.
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The Rays don't seem like they'll be relighting the '08 fireworks. Yankees are always a threat due to the money they always have, but their pitching is a legitimate problem for them. Burnett and Sabathia can unfortunately pick it up at any given time and Wang may be back to his usual self. Baltimore is never a threat, but they can always be capable spoilers later in the year.
 
Red Sox to take division even if it is early on. The Yankees' team chemistry doesn't flow well enough for me to consider them a contender.

The Rays should have a late season comeback and for this reason they could grab 2nd place and likely Wild Card. Blue Jays could just as well take 2nd however if they keep the pace up as they are now.

BoSox I say to take division however because they have excellent tyeam chemistry. Their hitting is just magnificent(Pedroia,Youkilis,Bay,Ellsbury). With Jason Bay playing the way he is he's on his way to an MVP trophy. Their starting pitching hasn't been as solid as usual but this will be fixed imo. Beckett is excellent, Wakefield is pitching really well(surprisingly), Matsuzaka will be great once he comes back. Jon Lester won 16 games last year. They just have so much going for them, I don't see anyone else winning the division.

I see the divisions going to....

AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central: Minnesota Twins
AL West: Anaheim Angels
NL East: Philadelphia Phillies
NL Central: St. Louis Cardinals
NL West: Los Angeles Dodgers

Wild Card: AL: Toronto Blue Jays OR Tampa Bay Rays
NL: Milwaukee Brewers or New York Mets(tough choice).
 
NightFalcon said:
Red Sox to take division even if it is early on. The Yankees' team chemistry doesn't flow well enough for me to consider them a contender.

The Rays should have a late season comeback and for this reason they could grab 2nd place and likely Wild Card. Blue Jays could just as well take 2nd however if they keep the pace up as they are now.

BoSox I say to take division however because they have excellent tyeam chemistry. Their hitting is just magnificent(Pedroia,Youkilis,Bay,Ellsbury). With Jason Bay playing the way he is he's on his way to an MVP trophy. Their starting pitching hasn't been as solid as usual but this will be fixed imo. Beckett is excellent, Wakefield is pitching really well(surprisingly), Matsuzaka will be great once he comes back. Jon Lester won 16 games last year. They just have so much going for them, I don't see anyone else winning the division.

I see the divisions going to....

AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central: Minnesota Twins
AL West: Anaheim Angels
NL East: Philadelphia Phillies
NL Central: St. Louis Cardinals
NL West: Los Angeles Dodgers

Wild Card: AL: Toronto Blue Jays OR Tampa Bay Rays
NL: Milwaukee Brewers or New York Mets(tough choice).
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My only qualm with you is Boston Red Sox beating the Jays for 1st place. I think Boston's gonna take wild card and Jays take 1st in division.
 
NightFalcon said:
I see the divisions going to....

AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central: Minnesota Twins
AL West: Anaheim Angels
NL East: Philadelphia Phillies
NL Central: St. Louis Cardinals
NL West: Los Angeles Dodgers

Wild Card: AL: Toronto Blue Jays OR Tampa Bay Rays
NL: Milwaukee Brewers or New York Mets(tough choice).
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Twins? C'mon, we all know that the Royals have worked for this. Their rotation is a FORCE to be reckoned with. Greinke/Meche/Bannister and the other people they have have been winning them some games. Anaheim cannot recover, I think that Texas has their offense carrying them this year. If not Texas, the AL West undoubtedly goes to Seattle because Oakland doesn't have the pitching they had last year. Cubs are always a threat in the NL Central. Dodgers aren't going anywhere except the playoffs at this point, especially in a division that weak.
 
How do you not know how good the Red Sox are? They are the king of comebacks. They're just warming up. right now as far as I'm considered. David Ortiz playing in a slump, Youkilis injured, Ellsbury injured a bit and they're still playing really really well that's just scary.

Offense never gets you as far as we'd like for Texas. I find it weird that you guys are making such big of predictions that go as far as September when it's ONLY May. All I did was make a prediction as to who wins divisions O_o. The Twins have always been known as the team that streaks near the end of the year. Last year what did they do? Win like 9 of their last 10 games and tie the White Sox before losing a close 1-0 game for the playoffs. The Twins are GOOD.

Cubs are good I know and I considered them, the NL Central I say will be close. This is REALLY REALLY EARLY people. It's not even close to All-Star break yet. Don't be making the biggest predictions in the world >___>.

However to go on a stretch myself since you folks are doin it yourselves. I am picking the Phillies to win another World Series title. World Series to be Red Sox vs Phillies.
 
NightFalcon said:
How do you not know how good the Red Sox are? They are the king of comebacks. They're just warming up. right now as far as I'm considered. David Ortiz playing in a slump, Youkilis injured, Ellsbury injured a bit and they're still playing really really well that's just scary.

Offense never gets you as far as we'd like for Texas. I find it weird that you guys are making such big of predictions that go as far as September when it's ONLY May. All I did was make a prediction as to who wins divisions O_o. The Twins have always been known as the team that streaks near the end of the year. Last year what did they do? Win like 9 of their last 10 games and tie the White Sox before losing a close 1-0 game for the playoffs. The Twins are GOOD.

Cubs are good I know and I considered them, the NL Central I say will be close. This is REALLY REALLY EARLY people. It's not even close to All-Star break yet. Don't be making the biggest predictions in the world >___>.
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The Red Sox are by no means the King of Comebacks. If that title goes to anyone, it is the Yankees. You can't blame injuries because every team in the MLB suffers from them. The Yankees start off HORRIBLE every year and once summer comes, along with some trades at the deadline, they start winning.

What do you mean such big predictions? The Angels don't have the pen or the rotation strength to make it far, forget winning the division. Once the rotation pieces itself together, they may be out of the running. If they aren't, they are going to have to put together a HUGE run to win it. Texas has a semi-decent, below average rotation but they have the offense and the ballpark to sustain a good record. I'm not saying it won't be close, but let's face it - the West, in both leagues, just sucks this year.

The Twins are good, but starting pitching is what takes you far. They don't have enough of it. The Royals finally have that, along with promising offense. The entire division is struggling, but the Royals have bright spots. Automatic wins with Greinke and once Alex Gordon gets his act together, they will be a decent team.
 
Obviously not a automatic win if you face the Angels eh?

Not tryin to brag for my team, but Jered Weaver is pitching like never before. 2.45 ERA at the moment. Saunders has been the only person to beat Greinke. Matt Palmer is only a rookie and is 4-0 with a 3.38 ERA. Lackey is back, Ervin Santana is back, now all we need to do is get Kelvim Escobar back. If our rotation gets going it will be DEADLY trust me.

As for pen, I'll admit Scot Shields has been shaky as of late, but he wasn't the leader in Holds last year for nothing. Fuentes has already saved 9 games.

Red Sox I mean king of comebacks more so in postseason but in general they're good at it. We all remember what they've done. being down 3-0 to Yankees in 2004 ALCS only to comeback and win 4-3 then sweep the Cardinals to win the WS. Beating the Cleveland Indians while down 3-1 in the series, and nearly making a comeback in a very close series vs the Rays last year.

Phillies to still win the World Series however ^_^. <3 Phillies.
 
Toronto will start left-hander Brian Tallet (2-1, 4.68 ERA), left-hander Brett Cecil (2-0, 1.80 ERA) and Robert Ray (1-1, 3.60 ERA). The Red Sox are scheduled to start Tim Wakefield (4-2, 2.03 ERA), Brad Penny (3-1, 6.69 ERA) and left-hander Jon Lester (2-4, 6.51 ERA).

The matchups certainly look good for us, except for the first game. Penny's record seems contradicting to his ERA, did the offense come through or did he just have one bad start? Lester seems like he's struggling, but he's handcuffed us plenty of times. Wakefield is random.
 
Wakefield is such a weird pitcher. Lester I dunno what's up with him. Penny is great however.

Also rumor has it that somewhere down the line the Angels may pursue Jake Peavy ^_^.

Phillies face Yankees pretty soon. Can't wait to watch the Yankees get buttraped.
 
@Penny

He's trying to change the type of pitcher he was. He has also been injured for a while. I expect him to be something like the new Bartolo Colon

@ Reds
I think these guys have that awesome 1-2-3 punch with their rotation. Harang, Cueto and Volquez are all awesome. Let's not forget young Votto, Bruce, and the well known Brandon Phillips. Funny thing is, Phillips has been struggling since opening day, but now it seems he's finally getting back on track.

It also seems like B.J. Upton and Jimmy Rollins are too. Is there a time of the season that power/steal guys hate or something?

@ Texas Rangers

I think their rotation is doing pretty well. If you need me to throw some numbers out there...In May, Texas has a 3.10 era, leading the majors.

Can we blame Nolan Ryan for this?
 
I hate you tennis. You have won the battle but you won't win the war. The next two days we have some awesome prospects going out against some shaky starters of yours! Good luck
 
Rickie Weeks of the Brewers is out for the rest of the season. :( I hate him so much but the Brewers don't have anyone else to play 2nd base.

Also Brewers need to trade or drop Bill Hall. He sucks and continues to suck.
 
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