It all comes down to pitching in my mind.
Right now the Red Sox Starting rotation and bullpen are off to just a god awful start nobody saw coming. Even with Ellsbury and Crawford potentially coming back, they aren't going to win enough games if they don't get quality pitching.
Yankees do have depth at the Starting Pitching position but can they get quality starts at the back of that rotation? Andy Pettite still have the stuff to do it? The Yankees rotation is not going to strike fear into any opposing team, although their offense is so unbelievable, they don't need their pitchers to steal many games.
The Jays have just as many starting questions though. Drabek looked great agains Texas but he's been stranding a ton of batters and getting lucky to get out of some outings. Alvarez is pitching over his head right now, but I think he understands his stuff enough to be a quality #3-#4 pitcher. If the Jays are in the race though, the innings count is going to come into question for both Drabek and Alvarez. That #5 spot in the rotation still is up in the air and I'd feel so much more confident in this team if they had an answer for what it's going to look like, the rest of this season.
If Morrow has figured it out and is for real this season, that does change the entire landscape of the AL East.
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