Ben Nicholson-Smith
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Oh, absolutely.
Yeah.
And, and that's what they're hoping, you know, not that Patrick Corbin is like quite on that level even now, but you know, if you have someone who can just provide innings and stabilize things while they have Schwellenbach, you know, working his way back and then you get to that late inning trio that they have, um,
with Suarez and Lee and Iglesias, that's a really, really good team.
You can see why they're the first major league team to 40 wins.
And they're in an amazing spot right now.
But 100 games to go for everybody.
So there's still a lot of time for the Blue Jays to get healthy and then to get to 500 and above.
I know everyone talks about how the American League is so weak this year, and that's true.
But I still would expect, and I don't know where you land on this, but I still would expect that
The third wildcard, like the final team to get into the playoffs in the American League, it's probably not less than 86 wins.
Like maybe it's even 87.
Maybe it's even 88.
Like I don't think you're getting in with 84 or 85 because someone's going to get hot.
And so that's my expectation.
Yeah, I mean, it's massive for the Yankees, clearly, because Judge, even in a down year, he's still on pace for close to 50 homers with a 900 OPS.
I mean, it's a pretty, you know, impossible to replace player.
So for the Yankees, I still think they're the best team in the American League because they have so much pitching.
And I
I'm just really, really impressed by their starting pitching depth.