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Toronto Blue Jays Are Baseball’s Most Underrated Team

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Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports

With the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox in their division, it’s hard for the Toronto Blue Jays to really stand out. Even after an active and successful offseason, they just don’t quite generate the media waves that the two teams in those major markets do. However, people should be paying just as much, if not more attention to Toronto as those two teams.

Yes, this team is just 6-7 after two weeks of the regular season, but they are more talented than the Yankees and possibly just as talented as the Red Sox. Through adding hitters to an already stacked lineup, Toronto has given itself one of the scariest offenses in the game.

It’s no surprise the Blue Jays are first in all of baseball in runs scored and in the top five in home runs. The additions of Josh Donaldson and Russell Martin, who join Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion, will only make those numbers go up even more.

If the Yankees had the same lineup the Blue Jays do right now, they would be the talk of ESPN day in and day out. But since they’re not playing in a New York market, people gloss over the Blue Jays. At this point, their pitching isn’t quite where it needs to be, especially since they lost emerging star Marcus Stroman to a season-ending elbow injury in spring training. However, they can try to add pitching.

Even if they don’t add a significant amount of pitching during the season via trade, Toronto can try different guys out in the back end of the rotation until they find something that works. In a relatively mediocre AL East, they can afford to do that until they determine their best five starters for the long haul.

There’s no question the Blue Jays are going to score enough runs this season; now it’s a matter of making sure the opponent scores fewer. Toronto is a fun team to watch, and they’re a squad that could really do some damage if they get into the playoffs.

People should start paying attention to them now.

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