Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
November 19, 2003
Jays Pitching In

The Blue Jays made two moves yesterday to improve their pitching rotation, signing former Jay Pat Hentgen to a one year contract and trading Bobby Kielty to the A's for Ted Lilly. This should improve the Toronto rotation. The Blue Jays won 86 games last year; they have to improve by about 7 games to contend in 2004. Toronto's three and four starters combined for 10 win shares last year, Lilly and Hentgen combined for 20. However, the Jays may lose Kelvim Escobar to free agency, and he contributed 12 WS. If the Jays keep Escobar, they should improve by about three wins. If they lose him, they still improve by one win, and have a much more solid 1-3 in the rotation.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:58 AM | Trades | TrackBack (0)