A Streak to Remember

      Behind the insane offence from Edwin Encarnacion and some stellar defence, the Toronto Blue Jays are having a month to remember. The Blue Jays are the winners of nine straight and fifteen of their last twenty games, taking over 1st in the AL East and becoming arguably the hottest team in the Majors. The month of May has been one that Blue Jays fans have been craving for a long time, and if the Jays can keep getting the same production and defence as they're getting now, we could finally see some October baseball north of the border once again.

     The Blue Jays have been gifted with an explosive core of offence for the last four seasons, lead by their two main power hitters, Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion. While Joey Bats has had an average start to his 2014 campaign, Encarnacion had a relatively slow start to the season before May

Encarnacion has been locked in this month.

came around. However, Edwin turned on beast mode once the calendar flipped to May. Encarnacion has hit a team record 14 home runs in the month of may thus far, and there's still a couple of games left before the month is over to try and tack on a few more bombs. The offence has surged while Edwin has lead the way, with breakout months from Anthony Gose, Brett Lawrie, Juan Francisco and Jose Reyes. It's been a collective effort for the Blue Jays' offence, but Encarnacion has been the spark that has ignited the team.

     Adding onto the ridiculous offence, the Jays' defence has also played a contributing role to the streak the Blue Jays are enjoying. With a collection of outstanding plays from Anthony Gose, Brett Lawrie and Melky Cabrera in just the last game, the Jays' position players have bailed out the pitching staff multiple times during this run. It shouldn't be ignored that even some of the below-average defensive players in Adam Lind, Edwin Encarnacion and Jose Bautista have also chipped in with some uncharacteristic plays to keep the opponents off the scoreboard.

     Whether it has been Edwin blasting the ball into deep left field or Anthony Gose climbing the wall to make a spectacular catch, the Toronto Blue Jays are on a roll. Behind some solid pitching from Mark Buehrle and R.A. Dickey being sufficient enough to get the job done, the Blue Jays have been able to topple some of the MLB's finest, including the sweep of the Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays. There's still a long season ahead, but the Blue Jays are giving fans some promise, something this organization hasn't seen in a long time.