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Post by VIKRAMSL on Apr 5, 2014 17:01:32 GMT -5
The Toronto Blue Jays just a year ago made BLOCKBUSTER trades with the Mets and Marlins. This brought in many studs such as Jose Reyes, R.A. Dickey and more. But, in order to get these players, we gave up almost our entire future. Players such as Travis D'Arnaud, Adeiny Hechavarria and more. This almost brought immediate attention to the Jays. With the Win now attitude and the best chances to the World Series showed that the Jays were destined for greatness. What came was a Team with no chemistry and a slop fest. It showed that so called established players such as Emilio Bonifacio and Josh Johnson were not what the jays first thought. But, a year and a losing season later. Here we are again, nearly the same team but with changes at C (Navarro) ,2B (Goins) and SP (Hutchinson,McGowan.) BUT, the biggest change is that there is no more pressure, the team has bonded with the ups and downs. And now, we are 3-3 ready to face the Yankees in the series ender. Our team's play has changed immensely and this is a make or truly break year for the Jays. Now my question to you, BHK nation is do u think that the "digital" world series champs could actually make it to the playoffs this year? (Hopefully.)
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Post by mcnally on Apr 5, 2014 18:45:20 GMT -5
ok, sorry to rebut your homer post...but the Blue Jays at best have a chance to finish 3rd in their division. They are not a good team.
The biggest problem with their team is the players they brought in from those "blockbusters". Toronto vastly overpaid for those players in a win now mode. Any GM should have thought twice about those deals with the player histories of those involved. RA Dickey had 1 good year before the Mets sold high on him. Jose Reyes has played 1 full season since 2009, Josh Johnson hasn't been a decent pitcher since 2010, Emilio Bonafacio is a role player, and Mark Buehrle had a season a typical 34 year old would have last year.
Granted they made changes, but the Blue Jay's biggest struggle will be to figure out the baseball diamond isn't in the emergency room. Jose Bautista, Brett Lawrie, & Jose Reyes, to name a few don't help this team at all when they're barely playing 1/2 a season like they've done the last few years.
I wish them luck, but it'll be a large surprise if they stay healthy all year.
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Post by billwill11 on Apr 5, 2014 19:10:57 GMT -5
ok, sorry to rebut your homer post...but the Blue Jays at best have a chance to finish 3rd in their division. They are not a good team. The biggest problem with their team is the players they brought in from those "blockbusters". Toronto vastly overpaid for those players in a win now mode. Any GM should have thought twice about those deals with the player histories of those involved. RA Dickey had 1 good year before the Mets sold high on him. Jose Reyes has played 1 full season since 2009, Josh Johnson hasn't been a decent pitcher since 2010, Emilio Bonafacio is a role player, and Mark Buehrle had a season a typical 34 year old would have last year. Granted they made changes, but the Blue Jay's biggest struggle will be to figure out the baseball diamond isn't in the emergency room. Jose Bautista, Brett Lawrie, & Jose Reyes, to name a few don't help this team at all when they're barely playing 1/2 a season like they've done the last few years. I wish them luck, but it'll be a large surprise if they stay healthy all year. Health is the biggest the concern but I can't throw my team under the bus like that. They aren't a bad team. Sure they won't finish 1st in a very tough AL east I might add, but I don't know one person who wouldn't have made the marlins-jays deal. On paper it was great. The mets-jays deal I didn't like, but d'Arnaud struggled last year just as much as dickey. Mind you I'm pretty sure he was hurt for a good chunk of the year but his mlb appearances have been bad. You can't control injuries, they just happen. If Bautista stays healthy, he could easily hit another 50+ homers as he has 156 games left. And just because Brett lawrie's offensive numbers aren't incredible doesn't mean he doesn't help the team. He's got amazing range and will be a candidate for a gold glove in the future. Not only that but the fans love him and he his a confident fellow who motivates the jays and Toronto. As far as overpaying goes, I don't think they overpaid in the marlins deal. The prospects are still prospects, Hech hasn't developed into much and Henderson Alvarez is a 5th starter on any team but Miami. |
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Post by VIKRAMSL on Apr 6, 2014 16:13:17 GMT -5
ok, sorry to rebut your homer post...but the Blue Jays at best have a chance to finish 3rd in their division. They are not a good team. The biggest problem with their team is the players they brought in from those "blockbusters". Toronto vastly overpaid for those players in a win now mode. Any GM should have thought twice about those deals with the player histories of those involved. RA Dickey had 1 good year before the Mets sold high on him. Jose Reyes has played 1 full season since 2009, Josh Johnson hasn't been a decent pitcher since 2010, Emilio Bonafacio is a role player, and Mark Buehrle had a season a typical 34 year old would have last year. Granted they made changes, but the Blue Jay's biggest struggle will be to figure out the baseball diamond isn't in the emergency room. Jose Bautista, Brett Lawrie, & Jose Reyes, to name a few don't help this team at all when they're barely playing 1/2 a season like they've done the last few years. I wish them luck, but it'll be a large surprise if they stay healthy all year. The thing is, this year is about revitalization. We need to see if Bautista is the premier power hitter he once was, we need to see if Encarncion can continue to do what he does, we need to see if Rasmus has evolved in his batting stance, this year is made up of potential. Its all what ifs, and what if the Jays are good? If they play like they were supposed to, they could easily be a serious contender. But hey, that's just my opinion. *Que cool background music* |
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