Are the Blue Jays Done?

[Uli2001]

They are 10-20 after 30, and 10 games back. Some people prefer 40 games as a reliable bellwether. Even if they go 10-0 in the next 10 games, they would still be a mediocre .500 after 40. More realistically, they will probably be way below .500 at the 40-game mark. It's a big hole they dug there.

[Frobby]

Yes, I think they will not be able to get out of the hole they've dug.    They're not that good.   

[VeveJones007]

They need to play at a 100-win pace over the remainder of the year just to get to 90 wins. They're done.

[wildcard]

Not as good as years past but I have not heard the fat lady this early in the season.

[eddie83]

For the division, yes. For a WC more than likely. 88 wins they have to go 78-54. So I think 99% they are.  

[backwardsk]

Their starters have been decimated by injury.  Now they'll hurt their bullpen by moving Biagini to the rotation.

At least they brought back Bautista.  They got that going for them. 

[Spy Fox]

I wouldn't say they're done for sure, but they'd need at least one major extended hot streak and they'd probably need a lot of it to be against the rest of the East. I don't see that happening until/unless they get fully healthy, and that's most likely too late.  

[callahan09]

They started the season winning 1 out of their first 10 games.  Since then, they've picked up the pace, but still only winning 9 out of their last 20 games, under .500 even since their "improvement".  They don't seem like a winning club based on the first 30 games, but you never know.  Only *slightly* under .500 over the past 20 games.

[weams]

21 minutes ago, Uli2001 said:

They are 10-20 after 30, and 10 games back. Some people prefer 40 games as a reliable bellwether. Even if they go 10-0 in the next 10 games, they would still be a mediocre .500 after 40. More realistically, they will probably be way below .500 at the 40-game mark. It's a big hole they dug there.

Of course. 

[ArtVanDelay]

Great.  Now they'll win 11 in a row. 

[weams]

Just now, ArtVanDelay said:

Great.  Now they'll win 11 in a row. 

Or naked photos of me and Joey will appear on the internet somewhere. 

[Matt Bennett]

Seems like their depth was pretty horrible. The Opening Day 25 man was strong but after that...not much. Who was their 6th starter? Mat Latos? I think they just signed him too. 4th outfielder? replacement level Carrera? Underwhelming options at first and DH.

A combination of bad luck injuries, slow starts, and a lack of depth put them in too far of a hole.

[eddie83]

3 minutes ago, Matt Bennett said:

Seems like their depth was pretty horrible. The Opening Day 25 man was strong but after that...not much. Who was their 6th starter? Mat Latos? I think they just signed him too. 4th outfielder? replacement level Carrera? Underwhelming options at first and DH.

A combination of bad luck injuries, slow starts, and a lack of depth put them in too far of a hole.

Don't get their lack of spending. Their owners are rich and they have the whole country to themselves. If there was a time to go for it I thought it would be now. Lost EE. Morales hasn't been bad but still. Losing Donaldson killed them. Still a ton of talent. I don't see the season getting completely away from them unless they start dealing. To be fair a lot has gone wrong for them. Happ and Sanchez only 3 starts. The pen stinks, not surprised by that.  

[InsideCoroner]

I'm not sure if they will bounce back later in the year, but I sure as heck am enjoying watching them suck right now. Especially the 5 out of 6 they dropped to us already.

[Aristotelian]

Stick a fork in em. Any other division they might have a chance, but they have 3 very good (and at least one decent) teams ahead of them.