I think the Toronto Blue Jays will get the AL wild card spot this year. Their pitching appears to be better than last year, plus they have the speed of Jose Reyes. Also, the addition of two new catchers in Dionner Navarro and Eric Kratz will help as well.
There are several contraries here. The Jays pitching has been pretty terrible most of ST, and their rotation doesn't exactly strike fear in you. Dionner Navarro was badly overpaid for a second-class catcher and Eric Kratz is an NL reject, how that will translate to the AL is an unknown, but the results aren't always very good. Short of a miracle, the Jays will bring up in the rear in the AL East.
The Jays lineup has practically changed none since the 2013 season started and really, while Adam Lind, Brett Lawrie & Colby Rasmus sometimes show they are relevant, the only things to fear in that lineup are Joey Bats (Jose Bautista) and E5 (Edwin Encarnacion). Dionner Navarro isn't an improvement over J.P. Arencibia, who was becoming really terrible. It's not really beneficial. A healthy Jose Reyes is great, but he cannot singlehandedly improve this team, and I don't see it improving.
