Buffalo Boy's Blog

If someone told Jays fans that The Toronto Blue Jays would be .500 for the first month of the season we probably would have taken it. Well, with about 3 games left to go thats exactly what they can do.

Not only are they .500 but the following things are turning out okay:

1. Vernon Wells is having a solid start to the season and might just stay healthy. This was one of my keys to the season.

2. Aaron Hill is back in the lineup.

3. All five Toronto starters have pitched at least one very good quality start. Thats a major accomplishment. All five guys in the rotation from Marcum to Eveland have shown that they have the stuff to stay in the rotation. Even better news is that Ricky Romero is no flash in the pan rookie, hes here to stay and he would have 4 wins already if not for the offensive woes during his starts.

4. The bullpen while not sensational is solid and we have a closer in Kevin Gregg that if not a long term option is a short term solution to the lack of a solid closer, he at least looks the role when he takes the mound.

5. Lyle Overbay while off to a horrendous start is starting to get luke warm, I say this as a good thing because if he keeps getting warmer at the plate maybe, just maybe we can get him out of Toronto and trade him to someone and get Brett Wallace up to the big show.

6. We have a legit leadoff hitter in Fred Lewis. A guy with some speed in the lineup who might steal more than 10 bases. Say it ain't so?

Of course there are some bad things:

1. So far Travis Snider ain't cutting it...a trip back to the minors looks to be inevitable.

2. While the power numbers are up and guys like Wells and Alex Gonzalez are crushing the ball, so too are strikeouts, we lead the league as a team in strikeouts.

Still a lot has to go right for this team to stay this way but not bad considering we traded away our best player in franchise history we ain't half bad.