2020 MLB season: Don’t sleep on these teams
2020 MLB season: Don’t Sleep On These Teams
Toronto Blue Jays – 2019 record: 67-95
Sorry Yankees fans, no one is sleeping on that team…ever.
This team got more intriguing as the year went on and more and more second-generation players were added to the big-league roster.
The Blue Jays have a young, but solid, core of Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Cavan Biggio. They went to help cement the lineup by taking a shot at Travis Shaw to play first base.
Where the Blue Jays improved the most was their pitching. They signed Cy-young candidate Hyun-Jin Ryu and Tanner Roark, plus the return of Matt Shoemaker gives a solid top three, assuming Shoemaker can match his production pre-injury.
The Blue Jays won 33 of their 67 total games after the all-star break alone. Their 33-38 record in the second half was in improvement on their 34-57 start. Is this the sign that the best is yet to come with this team?
Playoff baseball in Toronto was fun this past decade. Don’t be surprised if this team ends up adding a piece at the deadline… or at the midway point in the season.
The division is a daunting task behind the Goliath Yankees but the wild card is most certainly attainable for this team.