MLB 2009 Season

[Paroxysm]

This is the all-purpose baseball thread.

Who's your team? Favorite players?

-Discuss

I hope the Jays keep up the good work. We slipped up in NY but we can get past that.

[Grapes]

What the Jays need to get past is their pitching. Remarkable to me that with Marcum and some other guy out, and Burnett gone, they've still been able to win all these games.

At some point you anticipates the bats will cool off, then they could really plummet.

[rustybob]

It sucks that the Blue Jays are starting to lose games now. Their starters are still pitching well, but the bullpen is starting to give up leads. The bats are stilling to cool down a bit as well. It sucks, but they are definitely doing better than I could have expected. If the pitching stays this good, they'll definitely be in contention the next few years.

It sucks that they're in such a tough division though. Boston has money and good farm system, New York has insane amounts of cash, Tampa Bay was so bad for so many years that they've now got a ridiculous farm system and many major leaguers who aren't arbitration-elible yet, and Baltimore has a pretty good mix of pitching and hitting prospects. Toronto's farm system doesn't look as intreging as the rest of the division, so they need their pitching to stay strong.