Friday, May 15, 2009

Janssen should be ready to come back soon....


This is good news considering what we are currently fielding at the moment, but I want Jays fans to be clear on Casey Janssen.

Janssen probably has the least amount of raw talent of all the Jays injured pitchers.
Purcey, Marcum, McGowan, Litsch, and even Romero are all ahead of Janssen on the depth chart. I do agree that Janssen is an upgrade on some of the pitchers in current starting 5, but I believe fans are being mis-informed when it comes to his actual talent.

IF everyone was healthy and based on actual talent (and Purcey could throw strikes) the rotation would be:

Halladay
Marcum
McGowan
Litsch
Purcey

Followed by:

Romero
Cecil
Janssen
Richmond

Janssen only has 17 major league starts and has been much more effective coming from the pen. I think fans need to understand although he is upgrade on what we currently have, he is still quite low on our depth chart

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