“It’s the best offence in all of baseball so whatever they want is fine with me”.
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Hes done a pretty good job of evolving himself into more of a complete pitcher, Donaldson said.
Defense on the left side of the field: The Blue Jays are a power-hitting lineup heavy with right-handed swingers. They certainly have all the attributes of a team that will be a tough out in October.
Besides their big run output, Toronto’s also led the major leagues with 232 home runs, 852 RBI and 570 walks.
In those fallow decades, the Jays were perennial also-rans; only once did they finish second in the AL East but did so a distant 10 games back of first place. TV networks in the U.S. aren’t necessarily thrilled, because Canadian TV ratings don’t count in their totals, but the Jays ought to have the overwhelming majority of TVs in the entire country north of the border tuned to their games.
Toronto’s average ticket price is especially impressive given the size of Rogers Centre.
More than 30 years later the “OK Blue Jays” song is a rallying cry being sung from coast to coast as the team begins its quest for a third World Series championship. “You look at their numbers and what they’ve done, they speak for themselves”. 277 against Price in 177 at bats, Adrian Beltre has homered twice in his career off Price. But it was the Royals’ dramatic, extra-inning victory over the Oakland Athletics in their AL wild-card game that instilled in them a belief that they could play with anybody in baseball. That heightened expectations for 2015 and K.C. came through, running away with the A.L. Central.
Armstrong has gone to games with a group of friends for the last seven years, including a trek to Kansas City this season. The Blue Jays – after a 2.08 bullpen ERA in August – relievers posted a 5.08 ERA and 1.35 WHIP from the beginning of September to the end of the season.
“I don’t give that any thought at all”, he said.
For myriad reasons, the Rangers’ offense wasn’t very good in the first half, but things have picked up since then.
The Blue Jays pitching rotation was dominant in the regular season. It starts as the Cubs and Pirates are set to play the victor take all NL Wild Card game on Wednesday in Pittsburgh. Oh, and he threw a no-hitter, too.
Of course, the Blue Jays at 53-28 were tied with Houston for the best home record in the AL. They’re MLB’s highest-scoring club, pacing the next closest team, the New York Yankees, by more than 100 runs. If that happens, the Rangers just might sweep this thing.
The mighty 1927 Yankees slugged 158 home runs.
Yet another unexpected qualifier for this year’s tournament was the Mets, who had their first winning season since 2008 and went 49-31 after July 4. Two days later, Price arrived from Detroit, with Anthopoulos capping a busy trade deadline flurry by landing Ben Revere from the Phillies and Mark Lowe from the Mariners. Pennants have been lost waiting for three-run homers.
The Dodgers spent colossal sums of money, almost $300 million, on this roster and, at least for now, it’s paid off: a third straight division title.
But, despite the lovely weather outside, Major League Baseball has announced the roof will be closed.
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“I know, just seeing on Twitter, I think a few Blue Jays fans were not thrilled with mid-afternoon games”, said Leyden with a laugh.
