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A few reasons to believe the Blue Jays will win their division
Charles-Alexis Brisebois
A few reasons to believe the Blue Jays will win their division
Credit: TSN

Yesterday, the Blue Jays lost to the Cincinnati Reds. Meanwhile, the Red Sox won their game… and the Yankees didn't lose any ground since they weren't playing.

So it wasn't a good day for the Blue Jays, who still have relief problems.

But as Brandon Wile points out, there are some positives surrounding the Blue Jays right now. The Blue Jays still lead the Yankees and Red Sox by two and a half games.

And Toronto has the tie-break advantage. That's almost the equivalent of a three-game lead, in effect.

Over the past month, the Blue Jays have lost just one game to the Bombardiers and 1.5 games to the Bas Rouges. New York has a very tough schedule in two weeks' time, and Boston is off to the West.

Toronto's rotation is going well, as is the offensive line-up.

Please note: this is not to say that the Blue Jays will win their division handily. Quite the contrary, in fact.

The bullpen, after all, is a real problem. Max Scherzer, in his last steps in Detroit, experienced the impact of a bullpen that wasn't doing the job…

But there's still reason to believe that the rest of the club can keep up the pace. That Eric Lauer will help stabilize the bullpen. That reinforcements from Buffalo will arrive one day. That some relievers will find a way to get the job done.

And that all this will be enough to win the division.

  • Big injury for Jason Adam.

  • Adolis Garcia is injured.

  • Aaron Boone has seen the thaw suffered by Bill Belichick's club.

  • Shelby Miller is also injured.

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