Thats my favorite team, they ar edoing pretty good right now, I think that they are going to make it
2006-07-27 10:01:44 · 14 answers · asked by mattdoggbball11 3 in Sports ➔ Baseball
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2006-07-27 10:07:02 · answer #1 · answered by CardsFan527 2 · 1⤊ 5⤋
no sorry man. red sox or yankees get the division...so the only way in for the jays is via the wild card, which sadly for you is going to be taken by the white sox or twins (not the tigers---I think they will tank before its all said and done) The jays made good moves in the off season, but they still are relying to much on young players who frankly aren't very good. teams that have young players like the verlanders and the lirianos and the barfields can contend...but when you have janssen, chacin, taubenheim, and now accardo as major players in your playoff run thats not good, not to mention powerless bats in aaron hill, russ adams, frank catalanotto, and reed johnson---i know they (besides russ adams) are hititng for average but their other stats are empty. alex rios is a fluke and is only a good hitter not a great one like he would make you believe. gettign rid of hillenbrand was a good idea, and your main core players are dangerous with wells, glaus, not overbay he sucks even though he has played well, not molina he also sucks, burnett, ryan, and halladay all are good core players which help make a team better. the molina signing granted he sucks was a good one since catching is so thin and the jays have had the likes of zaun, fletcher and cash to name a few manning that position over the last few years so it was a void that was filled nicely. JP needs to go out and get an adam everett to anchor the defense at short and in the offseason go after a brian roberts to play second to sure up the D and get some O in the process. Also the jays need to add a set-up guy like a mota, and another starter maybe a vazquez or a harang.
2006-07-27 17:13:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a Jays fan like you, but I don't think they're headed to the playoffs this season.
What happened over the past few days is too typical of how they've gone this season. First, they look like a definite playoff team in taking 3 of 4 from the Yankees. They then head out west where, instead of building on that momentum, they drop 2 of 3 to Seattle. They've been consistently inconsistent like that all season, and I believe it will keep them from the playoffs. Burnett in those last two series has kind of been a microcosm of the whole team - awesome against the Yanks, terrible last night against Seattle.
The other problem for the Jays right now is that their pitching, in my opinion, won't get them enough victories. For the Jays, both Janssen and Marcum have ERAs over 5.00, which isn't going to lead to many wins from those spots. I think the Chisox with Vazquez and Garcia have a much better chance to pick up wins on the back end of their rotation.
Right now, I'd still put the Yankees, Twins and Chisox ahead of the Jays when it comes to playoff chances. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think I will be.
2006-07-27 17:11:41 · answer #3 · answered by Craig S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a chance in hell. They are in too tough a division and it looks like they cannot get the wild card realistically as it'll probably be the White Sox or Twins. The Yankees have had terrible pitching yet the Jays have not taken advanatge of that and still lie 4.5 to 5.5. back. The Red Sox look solid too so I would say nope.
2006-07-27 18:50:18 · answer #4 · answered by fugutastic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd put the odds at around 15% (I made that number up)... There are just too many good teams in the AL this year. As of today, they'd have to get past the Yankees, White Sox and Twins to make it, and that's fairly unlikely...
2006-07-27 18:14:08 · answer #5 · answered by rangersfan34 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boston will win the East, and the wild card comes from The Central.
However, I'd love to see The Blue Jays finish 2nd---one game ahead of the ny skankmes.
2006-07-27 18:32:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is very much possible. They just have to beat the New York Yankess and the Chicago White Sox for the wild card. Those are the teams to beat.
2006-07-27 17:06:21 · answer #7 · answered by liker_of_minnesota 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so only because of the division they are in
the division is jsut too tough, they have the yanks and the Sox in there and usually the yanks and sox both got the playoffs
2006-07-27 17:08:20 · answer #8 · answered by Chris 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doubtful, they'd have to get past the Yankees, Twins and the White Sox.
2006-07-27 17:07:43 · answer #9 · answered by auntsarastrikesout 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only if they can beat the red sox, because, as of now, it looks like the twins are either taking the wild card or the central, but, if they win the division, detroit will take wild card
2006-07-27 17:10:26 · answer #10 · answered by Drummer 4 Life 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No chance with the Twins playing the way they are.
2006-07-27 17:37:31 · answer #11 · answered by hope 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋