HEY,
most peopel reading this are going to have two thoughts going through their brains.1) the jays are the worst team in the al east and 2) they are who we thought they were ala dennis green. who i love by the way lol. but im here to tell you why the jays are a good enough team to make some serious ink on newspapers if peopel even still read them. YES i am a homer obviously ive been a jays fan since 97 and never have looked back.
JAYS MOVES AND GROOVES :
last year we lost the best pitcher in baseball without a doubt and everyone picked us to finish dead last in the division even below the lowely orioles lol. but i knew better with marcumm coming back from injury and frasor and downs shutting the door in late innings i knew we would be respectable. AA has been a huge improvement as a GM then JP and he obviously knows how to run a baseball team, hes got my vote already for Gm of the year. his moves have been impressive brining in youth along with some key vets we need to help mold our clubhouse. and getting rid of wells and rios was a huge boost to our bankroll. i hope buatista stays in rf because with his lazer for an arm he is mighty deadly putting him at third even though hes been there before in pittsburgh would be detrimental i think. while i dont see jose hitting out 50 bombs again this year its not obsurd to think he cant hit 30-35 and put up 96 rbis. his entire batting stance was changed before last season which is why his number skyrocketed.
JAYS STAFF:
the new manager john farell is exactly what we need, a vetern coach to help guide our young staff in the right direction look at what hes done to bostons pitching of recent years. he knows pitching and letting go tallet who i think is very slummpy was a good move and bringing in fransisco whos a lights out strike out pitcher is just the move we needed in the pen. i think jon rauch is also a nice fix in the pen as he did fairly well in minnesota last year. although in my mind i wouldve rather kept downs then frasor frasor is good but downs has shown to be the most consistant one of the guys we had. adding don wakamatsu should also help us.
WHERE THE JAYS WILL FINISH THIS YAEAR AND FUTURE YEARS:
In my opinion i dont find it inconceivable for the jays to finish at worst 3rd this year. their offseason has quietly become one of the best in the league in my mind getting rid of old players and bringing in youth and agilic guys. the yankees have had a horrible offseason and while the orioles have showed life late last year and they upgraded a few players we completely dominated them last year and dont see why it cant happen again. the rays have lost too many key people to even consider contending and the sox are above the rest thus far. so i see it being boston finishing first and jays and yankees fighting it out for who gets 2nd and third. in the future this jays team will only improve and in five or so years i think they will me liek the jays of old, a contender for the series every single year. the number here is 87 i think 87 is well in reach of jays this year maybe even break 90 if pitchers stay healthy.
and thats y i think the jays will surprise millions of peopel this year i hope im right