The American League East Division is one of the most difficult divisions in baseball.
It seems as if every year “experts” predict that the Red Sox or Yankees will come first in the division, with the other team finishing second.
When Blue Jays owner Ted Rogers allowed the team to increase their payroll, they became an instant threat.
However, despite all the additions the Jays made, ‘experts” still do not consider them a threat in the AL East.
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Kristopher Daly about 1 year ago
I agree with alot you said in the article
however, I think the Jays have the best bullpen in the division
look at the numbers from last season
but overall, you werent biased and you were fair
and Joba is in the pen to start the year for the yanks, just one mistake
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Jimmy Budny about 1 year ago
I've heard that it is still un-certain whether or not Joba will start or be in the pen. I could be wrong. I know Kennedy will get some starts for the Yankees as well. For the bullpen's I mainly looked at closers. The Yankees have Rivera, but the rest of their pen is probably weakest out of the three teams. I think Paplebon is the most dominant closer and reliever out of the three teams. Toronto does have plenty of depth in the pen but I put them third because B.J Ryan is a major question mark just coming back from surgery.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
i'd say the jays, b.j. ryan or no b.j. ryan have the best bullpen.
it's just whether or not casey is needed to start.
i can't imagine that.
but yeah, toronto does have the edge when it comes to pitching. whether or not they can win the east, it remains to be seen.
but there's a changing tide in the air.
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Dan Verhaeghe about 1 year ago
i'd say the jays, b.j. ryan or no b.j. ryan have the best bullpen.
it's just whether or not casey is needed to start.
i can't imagine that.
but yeah, toronto does have the edge when it comes to pitching. whether or not they can win the east, it remains to be seen.
but there's a changing tide in the air.
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Silas Beyman about 1 year ago
Pretty good article, but it's hard to say a team will win a division based on matching them up position by position. There are too many intangibles to consider and surprises to overcome to make a convincing argument at the moment. Who knows, Alex Rodriguez could go down for the season, or the Orioles might have a top pitching prospect that hits 80 home runs and leads them to 1st in the division. There are just so many factors to it.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
There are many factors that will determine it. One will be what random team has one of the challengers numbers. One year maybe last tampa killed the yanks but could not beat boston. now that they play each other 19 freaking times (crazy) it could determine it.
Agreed with alot of the article but Cano is not a top notch defender. He has a strong arm but is very lazy at times and has regressed at 2b with the glove. Combine that with jeters age (he won the gold glove because of rep) and the yanks are declining in d in the infield. If Giambi gets 100 games at 1b they will suck.
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