PostHeaderIcon 2010 Season Preview: Toronto Blue Jays

3/03/2010 | Posted by Chaim Witz
TORONTO ARGONAUTS

2009: 75-87 (4th)

So Long: C Rod Barajas, P Brandon League, 1B Kevin Millar, 2B Marco Scutaro

Welcome: P Lance Broadway, C John Buck, SS Alex Gonzalez, P Kevin Gregg, P Brandon Morrow, OF Jeremy Reed

Projected Starting Lineup (courtesy of rototimes.com)
1. Aaron Hill, 2B
2. Alex Gonzalez, SS
3. Adam Lind, DH
4. Vernon Wells, CF
5. Lyle Overbay, 1B
6. Jose Bautista, RF
7. Edwin Encarnacion, 3B
8. Travis Snider, LF
9. John "I Don't Give A" Buck, C

Rotation - Ricky Romero, Shaun Marcum, Scott Richmond, Brandon Morrow, Marc Rzepczynski
Setup - Scott Downs, Kevin "F#$*%n" Gregg
Closer - Jason Frasor

Contrary to popular belief, Toronto still fields a baseball team year in and year out. Granted, it's done in relative anonymity, as the Canucks are more focused on various ice sports and debating the merits of Michael J. Fox's nuanced performance in Back To Future III. Still reeling from the retirement of Joe Carter, the Blue Jays continue to field a team whose sole claim to fame is that "we're better than the Orioles."

It's not all doom, gloom and bored yawns up North though. Adam Lind has shown signs of shedding the traditional "Generic White Guy A" label that has hounded so many generic white guys before him. Their starting rotation, sans Roy Halladay, straddles the fine line between "could be worse" and "perfectly competent given proper weather conditions." They even culled a nice performance out of 2B Aaron Hill last year, even if it did reek of Brady Anderson.

Alas, the bottom line is that this team still gainfully employs Lyle Overbay (Take Mark Grace and subtract the talent, charisma, and slumpbusters), Alex Gonzalez (God knows if I know which one), Jose Bautista and the woefully overrated Vernon Wells. Oh, and did I mention Kevin Gregg? Yep, that dick-slapper is still around, although thankfully, now he's Canada's problem. Expect another year of Molson-induced wet farts north of the border.


PRESEASON AWARDS

If this team were a disease/ailment it would be: - Chronic Fatigue. Watching the Blue Jays play will result in an overwhelming urge to take a nap. A dirt nap that is. Their uninspired play also erases all good will created by their country's gold medal in hockey pucks.

The Dave Dravecky Award - Which one of the Blue Jays fragile arms will fly off into John Buck's unsuspecting hairy arms first? Brandon Morrow? Shawn Marcum? Dustin McGowan? Jesse Litsch? Place your bets now!

Youth in Revolt - The Jays can only hope that their Roy Halladay return of pitcher Kyle Drabek, outfielder Michael Taylor and pitcher Brett Wallace is enough to make the country that made Eugene Levy famous forget about arguably the greatest Blue Jay ever, all apologies to Lloyd Moseby.

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