Boys of Summer Time!

It's time for the Boys of Summer! That's right it's time to smell the field, the glove, hear the crack of the bat. The cold beers and tasty dogs, yes it's time for baseball!

As your true Toronto fan, I follow the Blue Jays. We got a good team this year. We might not win the AL East, but there's a good chance that we'll have a good, exciting season. The fun of this season is the unknown. We have so many unknown qualities that have the potential, its fun to guess just how far we'll go.

First off, the pitching. Pitching has been this team's strength for a while. From the heady days of the World Series with Keys, Hentgen, and Cone, to the down times with Halliday, and somewhat with Burnett. With the current season, we have a good core of younge pitchers who have the talent to prove to be the best in the AL East. With Romero we have our ace. He's been consistent for the past couple of years. In the #2 slot we have Drabek, if only because Morrow is on the DL. Drabek is an unknown quality. He has only a handful of major league starts, no wins, but his numbers are inpressive. If he can show any sort of form from the minors, we have a future ace in our hands.

Normally in the two slot we have Morrow. Morrow has the stuff of legends. He has a high 90's fast ball and one of the dirtiest sliders around. His problems are his control and injuries. If he can stay healthy, and the pitching staff has been working wonders on his control, he can easily challange for the Cy in future years. How can any Jays fan forget about August 8th, 2010 where Morrow flirted with a no-hit. One out away from matching Dave Stieb, one strikeout from matching Clemens. He posted a 17 strikeout gem that arguably was the best pitched game from 2010, despite it being the year of the pitcher, with 6 no-nos, including two perfect games. Morrow just dominated the Ray's hitters.

Cecil is another solid pitcher, nothing grand but good for the money. Reyes and Litsch round out the five. Reyes' is new and if Litsch can stay healthy, he has a chance to shine.


There is alot of if's on this rotation, but there is plenty of possibility!


We'll talk more about this team soon!

Mike