The Rangers are up next!

In the opening week of the season, I mocked the Texas Rangers because (some of) their fans were acting so arrogant after their 3-0 start.

Marlon Byrd was talking about "go(ing) out there and... expecting to win now" and Brandon McCarthy about the Rangers' "team chemistry (being) second to none" and the club being "special."

One blog was proclaiming the Rangers were "proving they (could) win the West." Oh, really, eh?

Well, guess what, after that 3-0 start, the Rangers did fall back to earth. They went 0-5 right after that, and before Sunday's 6-5 win against Kansas City, were 1-7.

The Rangers have already been blown out twice (15-2 in Detroit, 12-3 vs. the Royals), gave up ten runs in another (10-9 vs. the Orioles), and been shut out once (2-0 to the Royals on Saturday).

So much for their vaunted offense, eh?

Whatever the Blue Jays do, they CANNOT afford to lose to these guys when the two teams meet for a three-game series starting Tuesday at the Rogers Centre.

Roy Halladay goes up against the aforementioned McCarthy in the opener on Tuesday, followed by David Pucey against Kris Benson (Wednesday) and Scott Richmond versus Matt Harrison (Thursday).

Harrison is 0-2 with an 8.44 ERA, and Benson 1-1 with a 9.00 ERA. Yikes!