Blue Jays 2008 Season
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I can't recall the last time they have won 8 games in a roll......
the Jays are playing so good against so many good teams that they are fun to watch once again
the Jays are playing so good against so many good teams that they are fun to watch once again
Don't know about you, but BJ scares the pants off me every time he comes out of the bullpen. BTW I think the "save" is the most useless stat in baseball. Come in with a 3 run lead, surrender 2 runs and still get a save.
If we can make one HUGE assumption...
The last time was 1999.
Rockslinger - I completely agree about BJ Ryan. When I heard that Purcey was coming out today, I got very, very worried thinking about Ryan coming in up 1-0. When I heard it was Carlson, I felt much relieved. Not a good sign for our "closer". While he may be closer to his old self on the radar gun, he's lacking a lot of the control that he used to have, leaving him working deeper into counts, walking more batters, and having to "groove" one more often.
As for the Jays making the playoffs... The Jays have 6 games left against the Red Sox. Let's make the assumption that they win all six of those games. Doing so leaves them only 2 games behind Boston, 3.5 games ahead of New York, and 1.5 games ahead of Minnesota. Suddenly, the wild card is not completely inconcievable. However, I am aware that assuming 6-0 versus the Red Sox is a HUGE assumption, especially with Boston being such a superior hitting team. But until the Jays lose one or two against Boston, we can all continue to dream.
salsamarc said:
The last time was 1999.
Rockslinger - I completely agree about BJ Ryan. When I heard that Purcey was coming out today, I got very, very worried thinking about Ryan coming in up 1-0. When I heard it was Carlson, I felt much relieved. Not a good sign for our "closer". While he may be closer to his old self on the radar gun, he's lacking a lot of the control that he used to have, leaving him working deeper into counts, walking more batters, and having to "groove" one more often.
As for the Jays making the playoffs... The Jays have 6 games left against the Red Sox. Let's make the assumption that they win all six of those games. Doing so leaves them only 2 games behind Boston, 3.5 games ahead of New York, and 1.5 games ahead of Minnesota. Suddenly, the wild card is not completely inconcievable. However, I am aware that assuming 6-0 versus the Red Sox is a HUGE assumption, especially with Boston being such a superior hitting team. But until the Jays lose one or two against Boston, we can all continue to dream.
IMHO, I believe that the Jays will must win every game to make it to the playoffs to have a shot. The only thing that they can hope for at this point is Tampa falling flat on their faces as they do have six more games against a pretty hot Boston team. Personally, I can't picture Eric Hinske and Gabe Gross to be players on a first place team and actually contributing. Boston seems to fare well in the pitching matchups against Tampa even though Tampa has one hell of a starting rotation.
Tonight: Edwin Jackson vs. Jon Lester. Should be a great matchup.
Tonight: Edwin Jackson vs. Jon Lester. Should be a great matchup.
blueline said:It also gets them ready to start losing a few as odds are they won't keep this up (i.e. - winning every game). I figure the streak should end right about 7 pm this Friday when they go to Fenway for 4 games.
Ha, ha blueline you must be worried right now at the prospect of facing the Rays and then the Jays. A really bad performance against both teams would potentially knock the Sox out of contention for the post season, given that a bad performance would not necessarily end there.
A more likely scenario is that Boston and TB will win some and lose some, leaving Jays fans wondering what might have been.
teassoc said:
No worries here. Sox are getting healthy again, they are playing very well of late, are playing a ton of home games where they have an awesome record and won't be facing the Doc in the upcoming weekend series. If anyone should worry, I think it is Tampa fans. They are on the road a lot this month and this is all new to them. It will be interesting to see how they handle it. So far 0-3 on the 9 game road trip.
Jays are playing exceptionally well, but man you gotta hope for a miracle to happen for them to make the post season. Boston isn't going to collapse, they are too good of a team and they know how to win at this time of year.
As daunting as the task may be, the Blue Jays still have a shot at the playoffs. It really comes down to those seven remaining games against the Red Sox. They will probably need to go 6-1 against Boston to have a realistic shot. I don't think catching the Rays is possible unless, of course, Tampa goes something like 6-15 in their remaining games.
Jays need to take 3 of 4 from Chisox and sweep the next 4 games in Boston to have any shot at the wild card. They have a doubleheader on Saturday with the Bosox. Go Jays GO!!!!!
Updated playoff probabilities from www.coolstandings.com
% chance to make post season:
Tampa = 98.8
Boston = 98.0
Chicago = 69.8
Minnesota = 31.6
Toronto = 1.4
NY = 0.4
I didn't think jays would be that low. That will be some miracle if they pull it off and some huge collapse by one of Tampa and/or Boston. But then again, that's why they play the games.
% chance to make post season:
Tampa = 98.8
Boston = 98.0
Chicago = 69.8
Minnesota = 31.6
Toronto = 1.4
NY = 0.4
I didn't think jays would be that low. That will be some miracle if they pull it off and some huge collapse by one of Tampa and/or Boston. But then again, that's why they play the games.
