Blue Jays (and around the MLB) discussion

Ghett0

Ghett0

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dead mike said:
Encarnacion my boy, not tryna sound racists or anything but I think that guy smokes blunts between at bats.
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Might be why they are in Toronto. Canada is notorious around the world for being marijuana fiends.

A joke you hear quickly when you travel Europe...

"How do you know who the Canadians are in the tour group? They're the ones looking for pot."
 
BIOP

BIOP

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LETS GO BLUE JAYS!!!

Stop hating on Drabek. He's still a kid. Every pitcher sucks when they first bust in the league. Hell Halladay sucked balls his first season.
Drabek will be a good number 4 or 5 pitcher this year.
 
BIOP

BIOP

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The Jays are getting the 2nd wild card this year! Beating the Rays in the 1 game playoff. Then defeating the tigers in the divisional series. Then killing the Yankees in the ALCS!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ROMERO CY YOUNG BAUTISTA MVP KUgaiudgfac
 
Ghett0

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BIOP said:
The Jays are getting the 2nd wild card this year! Beating the Rays in the 1 game playoff. Then defeating the tigers in the divisional series. Then killing the Yankees in the ALCS!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ROMERO CY YOUNG BAUTISTA MVP KUgaiudgfac
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Not the most realistic of scenarios, but stranger things have happened.

If they stay healthy and other teams don't, they've got a shot, but that's about it IMO
 
Ghett0

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Fail is fail, brrrrrrro.

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BIOP

BIOP

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My realistic predictions:

Again the Jays will have a formidable offense. Lind and Bautista will be solid. Lawrie will have a decent year, he won't be fully developed for another couple of years. One player to watch is Colby Rasmus; this kid is a stud and can very well be an extremely good hitter with a good on base percentage. He has the potential to be a 100-30-100-.300 player. Arecibia and Snider are bums. Trade them for a bag of balls and one well polished maple bat.

I have complete faith in our bullpen, especially Santos (hopefully he doesn't destroy his arm while he's still somewhat young).

The starting pitching is what will make or break our season. Romero is dynamite and will be considered one of the Top15 pitchers in the league when the seasons done. Morros has good stuff but he needs to be more consistent, he was looking real good in spring training (given it was spring training). Drabek will be in the rotation all year, he has learned more control and will be decent enough to be at the tail end of the rotation. I have faith in Alvarez but he's young and I can't see him being very reliable this year, in a couple years he will be a stud.

I'm guessing 89 wins this year with strong potential for the coming years. However if our rotation is consistent and our young guys develop quickly, we could be in the hunt for that extra wild card until the final days of the season. Regardless, this is going to be the most exciting season to watch in the last 15 years!

Fin ~ BIOP
 
Ghett0

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I agree with most of what you said. I think the rotation is the problem here. Romero is a stud, Morrow is a beast, and Drabek is coming along nicely and due to break out this year, but Alvarez is too young to be consistent. They APPEAR to have 5 serviceable starters this year, but don't be surprised if Villaneuva finds himself in the rotation by the halfway point in the season, and Alvarez and that other dude they have in the rotation will prove that they're not ready and will be what costs them the wild card spot in the end.

Young fielders can work; young legs and hungry bodies are always a good thing. For the mental aspect of pitching, however, young arms just don't have the mental tools yet or the physical preparation to make it in the bigs. There are exceptions of course, but there's no Tim Lincecum calibre arm on this team.

Jay finish 3rd or 4th and are level with the Bo Sox for most of this season. Some great hitting can help carry the team, but mediocre pitching in the rotation will be he key to their lack of post-season play unless they acquire an arm that can chew up innings and stabilize the rotation.
 
jamesearljones

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well, it's that kind of bottom of the 9th which makes me not want to temper my enthusiasm this year (not to mention the comeback). they worked out of that jam so easily. :clap:

also, Why does everyone feel the need to put the Red Sox up there every year? God Bless Bobby Valentine, but that dressing room is going to shatter again, and while in baseball, i think team unity is the least necessary out of all sports, I think it'll end up leaking into how players will play. last august and september was a fucking embarrassment.
 
Ghett0

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I put the Bo Sox battling Jays for 3rd and likely landing 4th. I think the Rays will tear up the AL east again this year, with the Skanks close behind.

You assume too much, brrrrrrrro.
 
BIOP

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jamesearljones said:
I TOLD YOU ABOUT MY BOY EDWIN. FUCK, THAT SHOULD HAVE LEFT THE YARD!!! FUCKING CLEVELAND!!! :rockon:
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Fuck Edwin. That hit is exactly why I hate him. If you have ever played ball and you hit a shot that could be a homerun but is very close (close to the fence), you fucking sprint your fucking ass off until you see it's gone. He fucking strolled his way to first then realized "oh shit it's not a homerun" and started hustling. Lazy arrogrance has no place in the MLB.
 
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