Jesse Rubinoff

Like Cody Bellinger's swinging a hot bat.

Aaron Judge, as we know who he is, struck out three times today, though, by the way.

And Ben Rice has been...

Kind of a revelation this season to this point.

So if those guys are kind of increment, at least Ben Rice is incrementally better than even he was a year ago.

And Cody Bellinger is a better season than he did a year ago.

Obviously, that's helpful for a pretty deep lineup, but they're not all that different team that the Blue Jays beat in the postseason last year.

So while they're off to a really good start, they're still not too, too scary is the way that I would phrase it.

With some hesitation in my voice.

I mean, there's a lot of things that can change over the course of 162.

But if you were to ask me right now who I think the division would come down to, I still think it would be between the Yankees and the Blue Jays.

Even though the Rays are two games back of the Yankees and gotten off to a good start.

If you look at a lot of their peripheral numbers, like they're all there.

Their pitching has been nothing better than people thought it might be.

But there's a lot of mid numbers mixed in there.

Yeah, but that's the kind of thing where it's like, how sustainable is that over the course of a full season?

Like, are you putting the five guys that all healthy, the Blue Jays are going to be able to roll out there versus the five guys the Rays are throwing out there?

Like, who gives you a better chance to win on any given day?

Still very good, yes.

You'll see him, but there are a lot of guys in the Blue Jays rotation that have a long track record of being very good.