The Blue Jays go into Boston to start a very important two week period. The Jays play 14 straight games leading into the all-star break. They face Boston, LA Angels, Kansas City and the Chicago White Sox. As the rotation stands currently Henderson Alvarez and Aaron Laffey will make three of those starts and Jesse Chavez two.

The Jays offense has been covering for the pitching recently but you have to wonder how the Jays will fare in the 8 games started by Alvarez, Laffey and Chavez. Brett Cecil has been getting good results despite not looking like he has been hitting his spots. The All-Star break is the traditional time for trade talk to heat up. Will the Jays win nine or ten games in the next two weeks to put them in the buyer camp? Will they lose nine or ten to make them sellers? Adam Lind and Ben Francisco are back in town. It appears that Lind is in a platoon situation which means he will sit two of the Boston games. With those two back in town the Jays are just short of Eric Thames from the opening day offensive roster. Boston have been on a bit of a roll since the end of April but Clay Bucholz has just gone on the DL. The Jays face Felix Doubront, Dice-K Matsuzaka and John Lester. Wednesdays game is a matinee affair.