[Sylvanfan]

Well strange as it sounds the Jays best hope would be to win their own division. They've played well within the AL East and have a lot of head to head games left with the Yankees. No one in the AL East is really stepping up and seizing the division right now. But if the Jays wanted to do anything they need to start reeling off like 7 wins in a row or something like that. Right now they're too inconsistant do even win 4 straight. Case in point, they play a very good series against a hot A's team. They go to Texas and lose 3 games despite scoring 24 runs. They come home and lose 3-4 to Tampa. Now a team that was going to seriously contend would have won 2 of 3 in Texas, than 3 of 4 vs. Tampa. That would give them a record of 53-44 right now, and have them right in it for the AL East. The Jays are a much improved squad from last year, and the offence has been very solid this month with most guys hitting well especially Cat, Wells, Zaun, and Hudson of late. If you had a healthy Halladay with Lilly throwing like he has in the past 5 weeks along with Chacin, and could rely on Towers and Bush to pitch .500 than they'd be right there. But as it stands they're a .500 team that just can't push themselves to make the next step. But if they can get one more starter, a dominating closer, and a power hitting bat to play at first base I think they'll be able to field a very good club for next season.