2007 Toronto Bluejays Predictions

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Toronto has really come on strong the last couple years with ace pitching sensation Roy Halladay leading the way. Halladay bounced back from injury in 2005 to record a sensational 16-5 season in 2006. As long as this guy is healthy, he will make a push for the Cy Young Award. The Jays brought in right hander A.J. Burnett last season to give them another starter capable of winning 20 games. The Jays are hoping for better than a 10-8 season out of him to help make up for the loss of Ted Lilly who parted with the Jays for a big pay check in Chicago.

The Toronto Blue Jays’ newly acquired bats in 2006 were a big boost. First baseman Lyle Overbay made the jump to the American League look easy as he batted over .300 with 22 homeruns and 92 RBI’s. Troy Glaus upped his numbers in his first season north of the border slugging 38 homeruns and putting up 104 RBI’s. Vernon Wells increased his numbers once again hitting four more long balls than he did in 2005 and driving in nine more runs. It was enough for the Jays to put the franchise tag on him with a long-term 126 million dollar deal.

If you are a Toronto Blue Jays backer, you had a great year in 2006 and you can once again expect to be in the money in 2007. In fact, Toronto has put up winning seasons for its backers four of the last five seasons. But with the loss of Lilly, I believe the Jays also gave up one of the top two spots in the division and won’t be quite as profitable for you on a day-to-day basis.

I wasn’t surprised at all when the Blue Jays sneaked up on the Boston Red Sox last season and further distanced themselves from the Baltimore Orioles and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. But I will be surprised this season if they can finish better than the Red Sox or Yankees. The Blue Jays have made all the right moves to make themselves a contender, but it definitely hurts this team playing in baseball’s elite division and I don’t think they’ll easily recover from losing Lilly in the starting rotation.

Toronto was 50-31 last season at home and I look for good home play to continue. But it was just 37-44 on the road. The road is always a problem for teams with holes in their rotation. We’ll have to see how the Jays do in the early going. My best guess is that we’ll be able to find value in picking against this team in the right spots on the road.

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