The birds are singing and fish are jumpin’ surely spring is in the air.

Happy belated Birthday Day Cito, did you get a little Irish that day?

I trust that you are enjoying life relevent to what you may deem to be well, and if you ever want advice how to kick that up a notch gimmie a buzz.

So I started the new year with some questions, which I think most fans do at least inwardly, and I wanted to put some thought into these onions of mine. Today we’ll disect the most important question.

How many games are the Jays gonig to win? That there is the main question, which from I gather doesn’t spawn much optimism.  To preface my answer, forget about the axis of evil as they will do what they do and our Blue Jays do get up for those games, however I don’t forsee the Rays having another big year because they dramatically altered the culture of perception of their upstart team last season from crap to contender; though they still have great looking pitching which in your narrator’s humble opinion thinks they should turn dimes into dollars, meaning they have so many highly ranked pitching prospects and can move some arms for quality players and/or other high prospects in positions they could deepen the talent pool and strengthen the franchise and it’s future. HOWEVER, the reason I digress was to say that unless the Ray do something to change the color of the new dress they bought for the prom they are now a sexy pick and a threat in the American League East and our Jays will no longer roll over for them as they have for as long as my think box can recall, because our Blue Jays seem to raise the bar for the axis of evil, aka Yankee’s and Bo.Sox thus will do so for the new ALE threat. Does this give us an opportunity to have the Blue Jay’s ALE triple threat now to be called the Big 3, we’ll see? (Thank God we’re not Baltimore fans)

So with all that said, and no if’s here either, I think Clement and Purcey will have big seasons giving Marcum and McGowan plenty of time heal.  I forsee Overbay and Rolan playing well above their career averages, espcially Overbay with his new old number—no that we’re superstitious.  I believe Snider, who is ranked 3 in baseball prospects is the real deal, and he and Lind will shock, that’s right shock the three finger puppeteer kind of shock, many and all.  I think V-dub will NOT play to his potential, BUT will have a 300-30-100 gold glove season, which will prop up Rios to take that next step.  I think Hill will be force and with all this potential bat strength I think J-MAC will be a safe starter for that highlite glove of his with Scutaro and Inglett behind him giving depth in the middle infield. And, the bench has pop with Millar and Bautista at the ready with ex Astro reclimation project Jason Lane in the outfield to keep the kids hungry—not too shabby…and how good does Lane look this spring, WOW!

Don’t think for one second that the pitching will fall off.  Since Thompson, Okha and Zambrano were replaced by Litsch, McGowan and Marcum those rook’s have given hope and this season journeyman pitchers Clement and Maroth will hold the fort until Purcey, Cecil, Mills and Janssen look ready to make that step, though I still think that Clement will be good pickup this season as well as Maroth, if he can come back from the M&M (MCL, Miniscus) injury, will be good according to my tigers scout Cook.  In the pig pen almost all the boys are comin’ back to HogTown with Accardo coming back fighting for a spot which will be HUGE this season for that melencholy 5th spot of the rotation.  In closing, BJ Ryan has rediscoved a breaking ball pitch with bite, which he didn’t have last season, as well as improved velocity to make your humble narrator and Blue Jays fan think that this can be a great season from at least the pitching perspective.

The catchers spot is probably the deepest position for the franchise.  Currently the are three vet’s on the Depth Chart with Hod Rod, Barret and Chavez though I believe the three kids in Thigpen, Arencibia and Jeroloman should start to carry the torch with all that I’ve heard, why not if this is suppose to be a year of growth? 

 

All in all, and that being that I predidict…

 

The Jays take the Wildcard with 93 W’s

That’s all for now from yours faithfully……Shine on, Cheers and Smell you later!

Happy New Year!

It’s been a while hibernating but a batboy saw his shadow and it’s now spring.

Q:

how many games at the Jays gonig to win?

who’s on first? what’s on second? I don’t know what’s going to happen on third?

so should Witt have pitched Richmond for the Italy game? (Hindsight says and emphatic YES!)

who is going to be pitch third, fourth or fifth?

can Cito do something having a chance to start the season with the team?

will Ricciardi pick up some more vetern talent with so many still available?

does Paul Beaston stay, or how soon does he go?

does the death of Ted Rogers affect the Jays?

will the kids make an impact?

should the WBC be at a different time of year, for example like the pro bowl in football a couple weeks after the Super Bowl? if so would less player decline?

 

 

MTC…..