Sunday, October 26, 2008

Canadian Adam Loewen Signs with the Jays



Mainly a PR move if you ask me.

He's not going to take time away from Wells, Rios, Lind, Rolen, Overbay, Hill, and Barajas, which leaves DH and SS. If Adam Loewen becomes our DH, we are in SERIOUS trouble.
I wish Loewen all the best, but a successful transformation from pitcher to hitter for Adam would be a major accomplishment.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Winning With Halladay

Roy Halladay has two years remaining on his contract. If the Jays don't win during the next two seasons, he will sign elsewhere. At least, if I was him, I would.

If the Jays plan to win while Roy Halladay is around, team payroll must be increased. The Jays are a seriously offensively challenged team, which must be drastically improved in order to complete with the Red Sox, Yankees, and now the dreadful Tampa Bay Rays.

The Blue Jays must sign someone in the offseason that can hit 30plus homeruns even on a off year. The need someone who can drive in runs even if he is hitting .240.

Peoeple claim that one of Wells, Rios, Snider, or Lind could be the man to take care of this. However, all of those players would need to have a career year in order fill that hole. Wells hit 32 homeruns in a season once, but hasn't come close since. Rios hit 24 homeruns in his previous career year, and it is unfair to think that Lind or Snider can fill that offensive hole.

The Jays must open to the bank to acquire a legit homerun hitter over the offseason. Players like Manny, Giambi, and Delgado(if he is not optioned by the Mets) must be seriously looked at by mamagement if they are serious about winning while they have a legit ace like Roy Halladay.

Hopefully now with Beeston on board we will have someone who will approach Ted Rogers and seriously outline what this team needs to effectively compete.

We should now understand that the Rogers vault needs to be opened in order to compete. The AJ Burnett situation has clearly outlined this.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

The Bee in Beeston (Paul Beeston is Back)


Sorry for the lack of blogs the past couple weeks. I have been extremely busy with work.


Some interesting tid-bits have occured since I last posted. The Jays have brought back another member of the glory years to try to right the ship. Mr. Paul Beeston will take over as the "interm" CEO for the Jays until a suitable replacement can be found. To me this means Beeston will stick around until JP is removed from the organization. JP is now being sandwiched by Gaston and Beeston, two men that are much smarter baseball people then he is. It is only a matter of time now.


Reports on the AJ Burnett situation don't look overly promising. It is being reported that there hasn't been much talking since the Jays made the extension offer. This doesn't suprize me one bit. Burnett can make much more on the open market. From a personal economics standpoint, there is no reason for Burnett to re-sign with the Jays.


Again, this is shaping up to be a very interesting offseason.

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Godfrey Steps Down as President


After 8 years the Jays president Mr. Paul Godfrey has stepped down.


"On Monday the 69-year-old ended his eight-year reign with the club, satisfied with all that was accomplished on the business side but with the sole lament of not reaching the post-season." link - http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/508203


This is interesting on many levels. First off, I highly respect Mr. Godfrey - He is a highly accomplished individual and a smart politican. However I felt in this case he kept his friends a little to close (JP). I think this was the right time for him to move on. The attached article mentioned that he is in the market for a "new gig." I am not overly clear what that means, perpaps something NFL/Toronto related.


What makes this senerio even more interesting is the fact that JP no longer has the Godfrey safety net. A lot of the time a team President wants to have "his guy" in as the GM/Coach. With the extension to Cito, it looks like he is safe, but JP only has one more year left on his deal. So, what happens now? I have to think if the Jays are not clearly ion the race come next July, JP will be gonzo.

There are a lot of question marks with this team right now. We have no number 2 pitcher, no power hitter, and now no President. This off-season will be very interesting.