Josh Johnson and Mark Buerhle dealt to Jays

[mvp 78]

I'm not freaking about the Jays, they're just one more team we have to contend with and we have to look after our own business and all that. But the fact is they're now back in the picture and they do have guys pitching well and guys hitting well all of a sudden. It's just the way baseball is.

 

To me, I just can't worry about the standings and what other teams are doing. The Sox have been playing much better than most of us projected. Let's see what the standings look like on August 1st. (Didn't most people think this division would be extremely tight to begin with?)

[a700hitter]

I'm not freaking about the Jays, they're just one more team we have to contend with and we have to look after our own business and all that. But the fact is they're now back in the picture and they do have guys pitching well and guys hitting well all of a sudden. It's just the way baseball is.

Everyone was quick to bury them, but they are far from dead in a division where there is no clearly superior team. The hole they dug for themselves may prove to be too deep, but I can think of several teams that I would rather play down the stretch than the Jays if we are competing for a playoff spot.

 

Also, the Reyes criticism is hysterical.

[SoxFanForsyth]

If Agon was on and off the DL for his whole career.

 

I was talking more in the sense of consistently being not just on, but being the heart of multiple teams that underperform and/or collapse.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Everyone was quick to bury them, but they are far from dead in a division where there is no clearly superior team. The hole they dug for themselves may prove to be too deep, but I can think of several teams that I would rather play down the stretch than the Jays if we are competing for a playoff spot.

 

Also, the Reyes criticism is hysterical.

 

What the hell man, if this was the Sox you would have said they were screwed

[a700hitter]

What the hell man, if this was the Sox you would have said they were screwed

I would have been pretty upset if the Sox were 10 games under .500.

[a700hitter]

Dickey threw a complete game 2 hit shutout against the Rays this afternnon.

 

Edit: And Reyes is back in their lineup just in time to face us.

[Standing Room]

So much for the Blue Jays resurgence. If we win tonight, they'll be right back to being 12 games back. Which is right where they were when they started their winning streak.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Soooo those Blue Jays are sure giving the Red Sox a problem. Who are those people who said they're going to give us trouble. Show your face.

[mvp 78]

Wake up Alex Anthopoulos!!!

[Palodios]

New nickname idea: Alex the Ass?

[Bellhorn04]

So after the 4-day All-Star layoff, with a chance to set up their mighty rotation for the stretch, the Jays' first starter in the Rays series is...Esmil Rogers!

[mvp 78]

So after the 4-day All-Star layoff, with a chance to set up their mighty rotation for the stretch, the Jays' first starter in the Rays series is...Esmil Rogers!

 

Wake up John Gibbons!

[Standing Room]

Alex Anthopoulos is such a boob.

[Bellhorn04]

The Jays are playing extraordinarily wretched baseball. Leading 8-3 after the 6th inning tonight and now trailing 10-8.

[Bellhorn04]

Josh Johnson's ERA is now over 6. What a disaster.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

It's May 2nd.

 

Now it's July 27, how you feeling now?

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Predictions of their demise may have been premature.

 

How about now? Does anyone think they're still a threat? Hello? Anyone?

[a700hitter]

How about now? Does anyone think they're still a threat? Hello? Anyone?

No, but right now we have enough of other teams to worry about.

[Jasonbay44]

I'm not worried about Toronto, but Baltimore and Tampa really worry me, especially with the way the Rays starters have been pitching.

[a700hitter]

Johnson's season has been a horror show. He's 2-8 with a 6+ ERA. Surprisingly, Buehrle is as steady as ever. I had assumed that he was having a down season, when checked his stats tonight, but I was wrong. He is having a very typical Buehrle season. For the 13th consecutive season, he is in double digits in the win column. He currently has 11 wins and that is no easy feat on this horrible Jays team. His sub-4 ERA at 3.92 is just slightly over his career ERA of 3.84, and he is well on his way to 200+ innings for the 13th straight season. You can set your clock to this guy.

[Bellhorn04]

Johnson's season has been a horror show. He's 2-8 with a 6+ ERA. Surprisingly, Buehrle is as steady as ever. I had assumed that he was having a down season, when checked his stats tonight, but I was wrong. He is having a very typical Buehrle season. For the 13th consecutive season, he is in double digits in the win column. He currently has 11 wins and that is no easy feat on this horrible Jays team. His sub-4 ERA at 3.92 is just slightly over his career ERA of 3.84, and he is well on his way to 200+ innings for the 13th straight season. You can set your clock to this guy.

 

Buehrle got off to a rough start but straightened himself out.

 

Buehrle is one of those guys you have to like. Thank God the Yankees never got him.