MLB Power Rankings - Doom and Gloom Edition

Wake me up when September ends. Just 3 wins in 11 games so far. We have dropped from #3-4th in the overall MLB Power Rankings to around #7-8th. The Sux have the AL East lead and somehow the Yankees are just 2GB of the final wildcard spot (along with the Tigers, Mariners 2.5 back). But call me crazy, ever since the player's only meeting this seems like a different team. They need their leaders to step up. If Joey or Tulo or Dosh or even Russell can get hot, the whole team could catch fire: they're a fuse just looking for a spark.

MLB Power Rankings - September Edition

Now things are getting serious folks. Let's do a little math: 133 games down and our Toronto Blue Jays are 19 games over .500 at 76-57. 29 games left. Even if they go 14-15 they end up 90-72, which makes the playoffs. Things are looking good here folks. MLB has Toronto's postseason projection at a season-high 94.3% That's good. Really good. 

So what are the American media moguls saying about those pesky birds from the north?

CBSSports has us 4th overall, with a quirky Benoit stat:

The heroes over at FiveThirtyEight have us at a lofty #2 overall:

ESPN 4th, mentioning DEPTH:

And for some reason (a few days ago) TSN's Scott Cullen had the Red Sux AHEAD of our boys, even though they had lost 4 of 5 and our boys had just slaughtered the Twins:

Feel free to send him love via Twitter @tsnscottcullen

As a parting shot (ahem) who the heck is Matt Dermody? Luckily I get all my news from the Des Moines Register, nice little writeup on his story here.

MLB Power Rankings - Jays Edition

I'm a sucker for MLB Power Rankings.

I don't know why I care so much about what Yahoo!, SI, CBSSports, USA Today and all the others think about our Toronto Blue Jays. Perhaps it's that Canadian feeling of just wanting to be noticed. Like when you get giddy when the Simpsons went to Toronto, or when Canada gets mentioned on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. OMG! They're talking about us! We matter!

As they should be. The Toronto Blue Jays suddenly matter. Overall they've jumped about 4-5 spots in the last week, from 10-11 to 6-7. Ahead of the Boston Red Sux and even ahead of the Shitbirds, in some polls. Winning 6 straight with big bats and great pitching will do that for you.

I know I shouldn't care what other people think so much, but it's a guilty pleasure I refuse to apologize for... Especially when thing are trending in the right direction.

It's a good time to be a Jays fan. Look for the Jays to crack the Top 5 this week.