Although Blue Jays starting pitching has been above average, the fielding and the batting has not been up to par. Toronto has started the year with a record of 12-15. The Jays hitting has been a huge disappointment early on this season despite last years break out season. The Blue Jays hit a combined .269 with 232 long bombs. This year they are batting .229 with 31 homers. Clearly the hitting really needs to step up also the Jays are notorious for leaving runners on base. Something that the Jays have struggled with is getting runs in the late innings of the game. The Blue Jays always strike early. Then they could never score again in late innings.
In my opinion I think it is still early. The Jays have a lot of time to turn around there hitting and there season. It only takes one person to catch fire then the rest of the team will feed off of his hitting. Also last year they started the season slow, at the all-star break they were one game under 500 and then the second half of the season they started to get it going and started to come up to the top of the standings.
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