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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Might be. They do seem like a team that can go on a serious run though too.
Pitchers all didn't have career years last year either. Only Happ and Sanchez did really, and Sanchez was 23 so it's not crazy to think he's on the up swing. More than anything they stayed healthy.
This year has been the complete opposite. An absolute disaster with injuries.
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A team that can't produce runs without hitting 3 home runs a game is not much of a threat to go on a big run. Too easily shut down by a good pitcher or someone who just has all the right stuff going that night.
This team hasn't given us "We just can't lose" vibe since the year we first acquired Tulo, Price, and co. They limped into the playoffs last year on the back of fabulous pitching and required a wildcard game against another fundamentally flawed team in Baltimore just to do that (basically their mirror image of the Jays).
Good team for sure, but I think we've overrated ourselves. I hope I'm wrong, but I can see ourselves getting into some trouble when we start getting a steady diet of AL East teams again.