Tao with a nice article on rooting for the Jays in 2014

[KingKat]

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/tao-of-stieb-blue-jays-inspire-mixed-emotions/

 

"Elsewhere, there’s the dreaming on marginal players, like Todd Redmond and Ryan Goins. I find myself making passionate defenses to myself of their potential and their role on a winning club in 2014, even if I suspect that I’m torquing my thought process to find any small slivers of light in the darkness. But a few at bats later, I’m just as ready to write them off and look for small streaks of sunshine somewhere else."

As someone who tried really hard (and utlimately failed) to talk himself into Moises Sierra earlier today, I can totally relate to this. I go from cautious moderate optimism to despair pretty quickly. The funny thing is that the cautious optimism only works when I don't look at things too hard. When I start to really analyze I get pretty discouraged which is why I rarely end up writing anything positive. Things like the overall roster management really nag at me and make me feel very pessimistic about this club. It just doesn't feel right. It's like the club itself is non-committal about its chances and is just in this nether-world where putting together a team with the upside of respectable and crossing a lot of fingers is some sort of plan.

[KSaw]

The sad thing here is that the season really rests on the arms of McGowan, Drabek, Hutchison and Romero, along with Morrow's health. The reality is that at least two of the first four I named really have to excel far beyond expectations. That's a lot to hope for.

[Slot Machine]

Morrow, Romero and Hutch are going to get it done. Its the season of dreams! LOL.