Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 07, 2008
Jays Joy

Despite issuing an excitement disclaimer, Jays Nest is very excited about the Toronto Blue Jays:

The truth about this team is that they were hurt last year. They were hurt so bad that even a blind monkey could have mixed in with the other 8 players we had to use at third/ in the bottom of the pitching staff/in center field/ at shortstop (offensively, although I'd give the monkey at least a shot to make a few Johnny Macesque plays)/and catcher the previous season and no one would have noticed. It affected everything, from the hitting to the pressure on the pitchers, to the manager's ability to take chances and run...everything.

Even playing a guy like Marco Scutaro-who I grant you, is basically your (ok, below) league average third baseman-is a HUGE improvement. Yes, a guy who hits .260 is hella better than someone who can't hit anything. And...he can actually move as a bonus! Having Zaun and Overbay able to simply hit the ball at all is another obvious improvment.

That team with half it's players hurt or playing hurt was over five hundred ladies and gentlemen. That is how good the pitching really was and still is.

I like this starting rotation a lot. My worry was the offense, with Wells tanking last year and the former Cardinals long in the tooth. So far, however, so good.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:05 AM | Team Evaluation | TrackBack (0)
Comments

Aside from the poor writing, the guy needs to calm down a bit. It's the first week of the season, and the Jays have a number of guys with injury history.

Posted by: sabernar at April 7, 2008 09:28 AM

They've also got a few holes and caught Boston on the last 3 days of their 16 day world tour. However if Marcum keeps it up and Halladay and Burnett stay healthy that's as good a 1-2-3 as you'll see in the AL. If Rolen can get healthy Rios, Wells, Thomas and Rolen can do some damage in the middle of the order.

Posted by: Bandit at April 7, 2008 10:35 AM

Imagine how good their 1-2-3 is when you reference their number 3 pitcher, Dustin McGowan!!

Posted by: sweat at April 7, 2008 11:57 AM

I think Marcum's better than McGowan - he's certainly been more successful as a starter and I think he's got better stuff.

Posted by: Bandit at April 7, 2008 02:50 PM
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