The Toronto Blue Jays are off to a big start, and are the first team in baseball to reach 20 wins. Are they the Tampa Bay of this year? I don't think so. They lost 200+ innings from AJ Burnett, and over the course of the season that will show. They were also one of the worst teams in baseball against left-hand pitching last year and finished dead last in the American League at 3.8 runs per game. Scott Richmond has given the Jays’ staff a lift as he has pitched very well so far, but still only has 10 big league starts under his belt. Josh Outman has been quite pedestrian for the A's, but he'll get a chance to face a lineup that struggled over the long haul last year against southpaws, so I'm goin’ with the A's in this one.
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