Blue Jays Report Card

Here is a pretty in depth report card on the Blue Jays. Some thoughts to toss out there:

1. I still say that the Jays are the team to beat for the AL Wild Card. The White Sox will take the Central while the Tigers will fade past the surging Blue Jays. The Yankees are just old and busted.

2. I didn't realize that Josh Towers led the Blue Jays in wins last year. That goes to show how pitiful there were while Halladay was injured. It also shows why there was such a need to sign AJ Burnett - who if healthy for the second half will be more important than any played added to any roster via trade in the second half.

3. The Blue Jays are also in the enviable position of having perhaps the most chips to toss in a pot to trade for an impact player in the second half. Starting pitching is their biggest need (so I don't see those chips being spent on an Alphonso Soriano).

I also want to give special acknowledgement to this line, "Hudson’s departure has left the Blue Jays with something of a doughnut defence (nothing up the middle)." Donut defense - I had forgotten that one!