Past Top ST Records: Some Good News for Jays Fans

[guvernator]

http://www.captainsblog.info/2012/03/30/springboard-effect-does-a-good-exhibition-record-translate-to-the-regular-season/14199/

Where does that leave us? Basically, if you are trying to determine a team’s improvement based on a comparison of spring records, it will be a lost cause. Similarly, a particular winning percentage in March doesn’t necessarily mean a corresponding outcome in the regular season. However, if a team’s spring record is on either extreme, it could indicate the likelihood of a post season berth, which brings us back to the Blue Jays. Of the 13 teams since 1984 that have played over .700 ball in March, seven have made the playoffs. What’s more, Jays’ fans can also take comfort in the spring struggles of the Rays and Rangers, who each have won just one-third of their exhibition schedule. That doesn’t guarantee the Blue Jays their first playoff berth in 20 years, but it does give Toronto fans every right to be optimistic heading into the season.

[Indiana Jones]

Too much hype. I'll get excited if we're in the hunt in August. But for now, I'm just going to try to temper my expectations until the real games get played, against MLB rosters. I'm trying to stay positive however....

[kavan]

Other then the Jays who were auditioning players for roster spots, I think teams like the Yanks, Soxs, Rangers, Angles they basically for the last month or so have had their final roster with 1 or 2 cuts left to made no? I think those teams already know what they are going in with and probably playing their big guns but then again the older fellas may have had a lighter spring training to keep them good to go for the season.