Q&A with a Blue Jays blogger

Hugo from Bluebird Banter, an unofficial Blue Jays blog, answered some questions about Toronto to help preview the series with the Rangers. The Blue Jays lost 9 in a row in late May, but have rebounded. What happened during that losing streak and why are they having better success now? Great question. As you can imagine, many things had to go wrong for the Jays to lose 9 in a row. A few starters in the Jays' young rotation had bad starts back-to-back, the usually reliable bullpen had an awful stretch, the hitting suddenly went cold, and all semblance of hitting with runners in scoring position disappeared. The Jays also had a healthy dose of bad luck during that run (Roy Halladay certainly didn't do anything not to win his two starts during the streak. The truth is that the Jays are probably not as great as they were playing in April and early May and certainly not as bad as they were playing during that awful stretch. They are a team reliant on defense, young starting pit...