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Especially TB! Only Boston scares me now. And recent year's games don't scare me at all! We own Boston. Only injuries can derail us at this point.

*knockswood*

Feeling good.

Boston still scares me...hope that hangover lasts all year though

The MFY also scare me.

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I am not scared at all of the MFY, they're operating on strings and duct tape. And Yangervis Solarte (?!?). They have little to offer in trade.

Toronto, now that's another story. They're the team with the positive run differential. They have the pitcher going for his league leading 8th win today (Mark Buehrle), and just got a legit shutout out of another SP (Drew Hutchison). They still hit the tar out of the ball -- all they need is to plug a couple more holes in their pitching staff.

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I am not scared at all of the MFY, they're operating on strings and duct tape. And Yangervis Solarte (?!?). They have little to offer in trade.

Toronto, now that's another story. They're the team with the positive run differential. They have the pitcher going for his league leading 8th win today (Mark Buehrle), and just got a legit shutout out of another SP (Drew Hutchison). They still hit the tar out of the ball -- all they need is to plug a couple more holes in their pitching staff.

Still think they are dangerous. Tanaka is legit. They may not have much to offer in a trade but they can certainly afford to absorb salary so they really don't have to have all that much to acquire talent that can at least help. I hate the MFY...but I think the longer they hang around the more dangerous they are.

Toronto could be dangerous also especially if they can get a decent SP

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I agree.......the blue jays are a scary team with the way buerhle and dickey are capable of pitching and the up and coming Hutchinson. Hopefully those guys fall apart as the season goes on because I really still don't believe buerhle is going to be that good all season long.

Dickey is the wild card though. Is he getting back to cy young form or are more blow ups in his future?

Regardless, that offense will probably keep them there all year long.

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I am not scared at all of the MFY, they're operating on strings and duct tape. And Yangervis Solarte (?!?). They have little to offer in trade.

Toronto, now that's another story. They're the team with the positive run differential. They have the pitcher going for his league leading 8th win today (Mark Buehrle), and just got a legit shutout out of another SP (Drew Hutchison). They still hit the tar out of the ball -- all they need is to plug a couple more holes in their pitching staff.

My Isotopes are LOVING that guy!!! :D

Toronto scares me more that Boston. I just think the Jays are LESS than the sum of their parts.

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Zobrist the nail in the coffin.

I don't think that Zobrist missing two weeks is the end of the world. The Rays' bigger problem is that Moore is out for the year, Hellickson is out until at least June, and Cobb also has been out for several weeks with an oblique injury. If they get Hellickson and Cobb back before they have fallen too far behind, they could still be very dangerous. Let's not forget the Rays basically slept through the first half of last year before getting hot in late June.

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I don't think that Zobrist missing two weeks is the end of the world. The Rays' bigger problem is that Moore is out for the year, Hellickson is out until at least June, and Cobb also has been out for several weeks with an oblique injury. If they get Hellickson and Cobb back before they have fallen too far behind, they could still be very dangerous. Let's not forget the Rays basically slept through the first half of last year before getting hot in late June.

I still think they will lose Price this season.

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