If you take away the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, who have never made the playoffs in their brief existance, the Toronto Blue Jays are tied for the fifth longest playoff drought in all of baseball. All but the Royals, Nationals (as the Expos), Pirates and Brewers have had longer droughts. While it’s never going to be easy with the division the Jays are in, this column discusses some of the reasons why the Blue Jays might end that 14 year drought.
The problem is, I don’t buy his arguments. The Red Sox won’t falter because they don’t have a bona fide closer and the Yankees may be older but they still have one of the best lineups in baseball. I do buy the fact that if Chacin and Burnett play a whole season, the Blue Jays will be better though.
