Toronto Blue Jays predictions for the 2020 season

TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 10: Cavan Biggio #8, Bo Bichette #11, Jonathan Davis #49 and Randal Grichuk #15 of the Toronto Blue Jays celebrate the win following the ninth inning of a MLB game against the Boston Red Sox at Rogers Centre on September 10, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 10: Cavan Biggio #8, Bo Bichette #11, Jonathan Davis #49 and Randal Grichuk #15 of the Toronto Blue Jays celebrate the win following the ninth inning of a MLB game against the Boston Red Sox at Rogers Centre on September 10, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images) /
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DUNEDIN, FLORIDA – FEBRUARY 27: Hyun-Jin Ryu #99 of the Toronto Blue Jays heads to the dugout before the first inning during the spring training game against the Minnesota Twins at TD Ballpark on February 27, 2020 in Dunedin, Florida. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images) /

Hyun-Jin Ryu’s E.R.A. jumps over 100 points

Last season with the Dodgers, Ryu was the Major League E.R.A. leader with a 2.32 E.R.A. across 29 starts. This season, Ryu won’t be anywhere close to being the E.R.A. leader as his earned run average will be at least 3.32 or worse.

Ryu is primarily pitching in a different division and against different teams for the first time in his career. He’s coming over to the AL East that has powerhouse offences in the New York Yankees as well as the Rays who are a decent offensive team with lots of depth. The Boston Red Sox offence can’t be ignored either as they consist of the likes of Xander Bogaerts, J.D. Martinez, Rafael Devers and a select few of others.

As the Jays are set to face NL East teams in the shortened season, four of the five teams in that division are competitive teams vying for a playoff spot. All four teams have star offensive players and put them all together, Ryu is facing guys like Ronald Acuna Jr. Freddie Freeman, Pete Alonso, Bryce Harper, Juan Soto and a handful of others.

With better offences than Ryu has ever seen in his career, Ryu’s E.R.A. will jump over 100 points from his last year’s E.R.A. and will have an earned run average around 3.50.