10 positive about the Jays first half

It have been a very long tough first half of the Jays 2013 regular season but there are diffidently positives to take away from it: 1. The Bullpen has been unconscious and playing out of their mind and because the starters pitched the second fewest innings 515 innings they needed to pitched 334.2 innings (the most in the majors) and still had an era under 3 (2.90) which was the third best era. 2. Brett Cecil has crawled out from under the rock he was hiding under and he pitched 46.1 innings and has a whip of .97 and at a point he retired 40 straight batters and has a 1.94 ERA. 3. Steve Delabar goes from a substitute teacher to MLB all-star in three years and has blown 58 batters in 42 innings and picked up his first ever save. 4. ESMIL ROGERS has been the best starter for the Jays and has been a rock in the bottom of the rotation with an ERA of 3.29 and has been outstanding besides three batters in St. Petes and a 5 inning performance against hungry Tigers who took him to the woodshed (7 runs on 11 hits). 5. Adam Lind has found himself and was awesome early this season and had a .340 batting average and has slipped a bit now hitting .306 but still has 20 doubles, 11 homers, 37 RBIs with 25 walks. 6. Jose Reyes has only played 28 games and has reached base 26 of those 28 games and is a great leadoff hitter and is the best piece from the Marlins trade. 7. MUNENORI KAWASAKI has been breath of fresh air from a guy who had it all in Japan and came over to North America and quickly learned that the Majors is much different than in Japan and figured out that he just had to have fun and simply just gets it and is the biggest fan favorite I have ever seen in Toronto. 8. Jays have not been able to see great baseball but still have come out in huge numbers to support the team and keep the Rogers Centre a lively place. 9. Edwin Encarnacion and Jose Bautista still have put up all-star numbers with Edwin (25 homers, 16 doubles, and 72 RBIs) and Jose Bautista (20 homers, 20 doubles, 55 RBIs) 10. Casey Janssen is a great closer and has blown only 1 save and had to only be taken out of a save opportunity and ended up racking in 18 of 19 saves and if this team was better he would be an all-star. Lets hope better in the post all-star game but I do not hold hope Tom Mehegan