Blue Jays Mid-Season Report Card: Closer/Relief Pitchers & Overall Team

   The Toronto Blue Jays have been a pleasant surprise to this point in the season. It is safe to say that very few baseball people projected Toronto to be sitting just one game under .500 (44-45) at the mid-way point of the campaign; especially without their former Ace, Roy Halladay, pulling their collective butt’s out of the fire every five days. Finishing our bluejaysrant.com Mid-Season Grade Report…We will now focus on the contributing Blue Jays relief pitchers, the closer and the overall team gade. CL – Kevin Gregg: Signing with Toronto last off-season for a more definitive chance to be the closer paid off for Gregg, as it didn’t take long for him to usurp the position from Jason Frasor. Since taking over the reins Kevin has had a solid, although sometimes shaky, half season – saving 20/23 opportunities, with a 37k/18bb ratio, a 3.67era (down from his previous year of 4.72 with the Cubs) in 34.1IP. Not bad, but not great either. Looking forward, it appears as though Greg...