The Turnaround and Reyes

[Metallijay]

Jays need to go 65W and 36L the rest of the way to get to 93 wins, or a .643 win %. It's not impossible but, it's going to take a couple long streaks and the entire team performing better than it has.

 

Chance of that happening is slim.

[G-Snarls]

Chance of that happening is slim.

 

Yep. Only way that happens is a HUGE winning streak of 9-10 games some time soon. That would make the sustained win % required going forward a bit more achievable.

Edited June 9, 2013 by G-Snarls

[ElNik2013]

Chance of that happening is slim.

 

 

Yeah, as I said earlier, they can't get past the 7 games under hurdle. They got there several times in May, but then lost 2 in a row or something like that.

 

I just don't see a hot streak with this starting staff. Not to mention that Reyes won't be back for 3 more weeks and Lawrie for another month.

[SAAviour]

@Buster_ESPN: For those asking if OAK can sustain this: Over their last 162 games (back to June 14 of last year), the Athletics are 103-59, best in MLB.

 

If the A's can play 40 games over .500, the jays can.

[DuckDuckGose]

@Buster_ESPN: For those asking if OAK can sustain this: Over their last 162 games (back to June 14 of last year), the Athletics are 103-59, best in MLB.

 

If the A's can play 40 games over .500, the jays can.

 

Over their last 162 the Jays are 69-93

[Metallijay]

@Buster_ESPN: For those asking if OAK can sustain this: Over their last 162 games (back to June 14 of last year), the Athletics are 103-59, best in MLB.

 

If the A's can play 40 games over .500, the jays can.

 

In the AL east with this staff? Sure anything is possible, but unlikely.

[G-Snarls]

And A's starting pitching >>> Jays starting pitching

 

And they get to play tons of games against Houston and Anaheim

[Metallijay]

And A's starting pitching >>> Jays starting pitching

 

And they get to play tons of games against Houston and Anaheim

 

 

Exactly, much harder in the al east.

[DuckDuckGose]

Exactly, much harder in the al east.

 

The Jays end the month with a few divisional series in a row. First they get BAL at home (Jun 21, 22, 23) and then on the road against TB (Jun 24, 25, 26) and finish with a 4 game set against BOS (Jun 27, 28, 29, 30).

 

If they want to get back in to the race they are going to have to win these series.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Johnson coming off a dominant start vs Grimm coming off a 1.2IP 8ER performance against the Sox.

 

This is a must win game.

[Metallijay]

Johnson coming off a dominant start vs Grimm coming off a 1.2IP 8ER performance against the Sox.

 

This is a must win game.

 

Problem is everytime they face a must win or have a chance to maybe turn a corner they go back to losing 2-3 in a row.

[Wilnercibia]

They need to win 7 in a row just to reach 500 lol

[Chappy]

This is a must win game.

 

If there is any glimmer of hope left for this team then yes it is a must win. Hopefully JJ goes on a great stretch of starts here.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Problem is everytime they face a must win or have a chance to maybe turn a corner they go back to losing 2-3 in a row.

 

Johnson's stats are going to normalize. Dickey as well. Those two should help us out significantly. It's just the rest of the rotation to be worried about. Rogers looked good but he's due for a massive blowup.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Rogers is going up against Chris freaking Sale in his next start.

 

DON'T LIKE OUR CHANCES.

[Wilnercibia]

Johnson's stats are going to normalize. Dickey as well. Those two should help us out significantly. It's just the rest of the rotation to be worried about. Rogers looked good but he's due for a massive blowup.

 

Chien Ming Wang

[Caper]

I hope we can trade old man Oliver.

[GD]

I hope we can trade old man Oliver.

 

The Angels are just a perfect fit. Oliver for Yarbrough please

[Caper]

The Angels are just a perfect fit. Oliver for Yarbrough please

 

Yes Angels would be perfect.... but that is another team that could make a mad run (though I doubt it). The Tigers might need some relief pitching... Some 10 to 20 Tigers system prospect would be great.

[Metallijay]

Johnson's stats are going to normalize. Dickey as well. Those two should help us out significantly. It's just the rest of the rotation to be worried about. Rogers looked good but he's due for a massive blowup.

 

I agree, JJ has ACE stuff, and has been an ace. Problem is the rest of the team has too many holes to go on the type of run that is needed IMO. Hope I am wrong though and I'll watch and suffer anyway .

[o2cui2i]

elimination number is now at 90.

[Wilnercibia]

So much for the turnaround, can't even sweep a series with a 4-0 lead in the 3rd game.

 

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[Knights4Cup]

It's nearly impossible for Toronto to get even the 2nd wild card spot. They just dug themselves too big of a hole and lack consistency again on the team. It's weird because this franchise still has a lot of good pieces both at the MLB level and the minors, but thinking that there is a chance that for a full season the Jays will get good pitching, good OBP, and not so many injuries is laughable.

[Knights4Cup]

But at least when Reyes returns there will be an exciting player to watch for a few months.

[G-Snarls]

But at least when Reyes returns there will be an exciting player to watch for a few months.

 

++

 

Easily my favorite player on this team

 

I'd trade my Lawrie jersey for a Reyes one in a heartbeat

[backontop]

I understand the Reyes part, but what is this TURNAROUND??? It's the middle of June and we are 8 games below .500. Hey only three losses and we will reach our all time worse this year of 11 games below .500. 15 below .500 by the All-Star break sounds more realistic.

[G-Snarls]

After getting 8-9 games below .500 very quickly, the team is now playing .500 ball. Not good enough.

[backontop]

Sorry, we just don't have the talent or smart management to come back.

[TheHurl]

You posted on the old board that this was a awesome team.

 

I didn't see a BTS response to this, so I'll take up his case here. He did not at all say that, he was very vocal that on paper the team looked okay but a lot could go wrong. I do believe that he predicted the Jays to finish 2nd in the division.

[GD]

You posted on the old board that this was a awesome team.

 

I must have missed this, but no, he didn't. He definitely didn't.