Blue Jays Persuasive Speech

Do you like the Blue Jays? Well what if I told you that they are going to win the World Series this year? I’m going to tell you about the Blue Jays very good chance at bringing home the beautiful, solid gold World Series trophy. The reasons that the Blue Jays are going to win the world series are: our crazy defense, our stellar lineup and our award candidates.

The first reason why the Blue Jays are going to win the world series is because of our crazy good defense. Firstly, the Blue Jays had 3 Gold Glove nominees last year, which is an award for the best defender at their position. Last year, Russell Martin (catcher), Mark Buehrle (pitcher, currently free agent) and Kevin Pillar (center fielder) were all nominated for Gold Gloves. If they were all nominated as the best at their position in the league, then I think the Blue Jays are in very good hands defensively. As can bee seen, the Blue Jays have made amazing highlight reel defensive plays. Many people last year saw Kevin Pillar climb the wall to rob a player of a home run or maybe they saw Josh Donaldson dive into the stands to catch a ball or maybe people saw Jose Bautista throwing out runners at the plate one by one, but if you didn’t see it, I
Firstly, the Blue Jays scored the most runs in the league. Last year, the Blue Jays lead the league in runs scored and averaged 5.50 runs per game which was the best in the MLB. Obviously if the Blue Jays scored the most runs in the league they have the best offense in the league. Secondly, the Blue Jays had 2 players with 40+ home runs last season. Both Jose Bautista and Josh Donaldson had 40+ home runs last season and Edwin Encarnacion was very close with 39 home runs. That shows that the Blue Jays know how to hit home runs and that is a very good habit for a baseball team. So, not only do the Blue Jays have a good defense, but they have an outstanding offense