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.