Who will replace JPA?

[o2cui2i]

Almost time for the new season to start and it's a good time to take a look at 2014. on almost every team there is a player that fans dont like. that person has been JPA for the jays over the last couple of years.

 

who will be the player fans will hate on this year? I'd put money on it being one of these five.

 

Sierra

Rasmus

Lind

Izturis

Goins

[fatcowxlive]

Almost time for the new season to start and it's a good time to take a look at 2014. on almost every team there is a player that fans dont like. that person has been JPA for the jays over the last couple of years.

 

who will be the player fans will hate on this year? I'd put money on it being one of these five.

 

Sierra

Rasmus

Lind

Izturis

Goins

 

Izturis if he gets enough playing time, or Sierra if he continues his dumnness. Honestly this team looks to be way more likeable than last year. I think Goins surprisingly won't get as much hate as we might think on here.

[theblujay]

Navarro

[John_Havok]

I don't hate any of those players as all, I hate the FO for thinking Izturis, Goins and Sierra are somehow beneficial to a baseball team in any capacity.

[jays4life19]

Goins.

[jays4life19]

Rasmus is one of the more likeable guys on the team in my opinion.

 

Dude just shuts up and plays the game hard.

[GD]

Goins and Sierra.

[o2cui2i]

Izturis if he gets enough playing time, or Sierra if he continues his dumnness. Honestly this team looks to be way more likeable than last year. I think Goins surprisingly won't get as much hate as we might think on here.

 

I'm really enjoying watching Goins play D, but it will be intolerable if he hits under .200.

 

Lind looks to have his head on straight this year, but fans will turn fast if he falls off offensively and the same goes for Sierra who will have to hit when he gets chances to play.

 

I think Izturis is just unacceptable and the team is going to have to put up with him because AA gave him a stupid contract. like you said, if he plays too much, he's going to catch it.

[o2cui2i]

Navarro

 

that's a guy I wouldn't have expected.

[Caper]

I don't hate any of those players as all, I hate the FO for thinking Izturis, Goins and Sierra are somehow beneficial to a baseball team in any capacity.

 

Ryan Goins defense is incredible. Bat... Not so much.

[o2cui2i]

Goins and Sierra.

 

Goins D will be outstanding. very different from having Bumfiasco playing s***** D to match his pathetic bat.

 

how well does Goins have to hit for people to accept him?

[Chappy]

This thread is pretty dumb, just saying.

 

Yup. Why hate on players unless they deserve it? With JPA, he ran his mouth off, twitter, etc. he gave people a reason to hate him. With a guy like Goins, all he ever did wrong was NOTHING. It's not his fault AA couldn't or didn't find a better option.

[fatcowxlive]

Yup. Why hate on players unless they deserve it? With JPA, he ran his mouth off, twitter, etc. he gave people a reason to hate him. With a guy like Goins, all he ever did wrong was NOTHING. It's not his fault AA couldn't or didn't find a better option.

 

Exactly. Hence why I said I don't expect him to get a lot of hate. He seems to be the type to keep for himself and play hard. He's going to play to the best of abilities, and in this case it's great defence and no bat you can't hate him for that

[Frenchsoup]

I don't hate any of those players as all, I hate the FO for thinking Izturis, Goins and Sierra are somehow beneficial to a baseball team in any capacity.

 

 

Agreed

[G-Snarls]

Yup. Why hate on players unless they deserve it? With JPA, he ran his mouth off, twitter, etc. he gave people a reason to hate him. With a guy like Goins, all he ever did wrong was NOTHING. It's not his fault AA couldn't or didn't find a better option.

 

Right. And from what I read he's busting his ass to try and get better.

[G-Snarls]

Stroman

 

Oooh. Controversial choice.

[G-Snarls]

I say

 

J A Mutherf***in' Happ

[Angrioter]

Morrow for sure......

[G-Snarls]

Morrow for sure......

 

Also possible. Love the guy's talent but the broken down piece of s*** will get on some nerves this year if he has another 2013.

[o2cui2i]

Also possible. Love the guy's talent but the broken down piece of s*** will get on some nerves this year if he has another 2013.

 

McGowan will be a folk hero if he can make 20 starts without having body parts fall off.

[TheHurl]

Bautista

[o2cui2i]

Bautista

 

Jose has looked pretty good this spring. he hasn't been as whiny as he had gotten the past couple of years. that would be a good trend. his whining carried over to other players last year.

[G-Snarls]

Bautista

 

Nah

 

He's prickly but people still want him on the team

 

Especially if he OPS's 1.050 this year

[Anemic0ffense]

I predict a "Goins egregious mistake tracking thread" by the time of the home opener.

[TheHurl]

Nah

 

He's prickly but people still want him on the team

 

Especially if he OPS's 1.050 this year

 

My theory was that if the team is struggling the F.O. will allow/instruct the media to be negative about him this year so they can trade him. If the media in Toronto is negative about Jose you know he'll go off.

[Stangstag]

Im gonna go ahead and guess Stroman. He is a very twitter-centric player, and it could blow up if he hits the majors and stinks it up.

[ElNik2013]

My theory was that if the team is struggling the F.O. will allow the media to be negative about him this year so they can trade him. If the media in Toronto is negative about Jose you know he'll go off.

 

 

I actually suspect he'll request a trade if the team is struggling. He started making a bit of noise in mid 2012 and I suspect this noise may have helped to push the FO to try to speed up the rebuild. I have no proof of course!

[TheHurl]

I actually suspect he'll request a trade if the team is struggling. He started making a bit of noise in mid 2012 and I suspect this noise may have helped to push the FO to try to speed up the rebuild. I have no proof of course!

 

That's sort of what I'm saying...the Jays are s*** scared to fracture the fanbase IMO. So they do what they can to get Bautista to request the trade. All it takes is for AA to talk about lacking veteran leadership in some interview and have his go to sportswriter write that they think Bautista isn't pulling his weight on the leadership end and have AA not truly publicly support it and that should be enough to blow Jose up.

[GeorgiaPeach]

Nah

 

He's prickly but people still want him on the team

 

Especially if he OPS's 1.050 this year

 

I wonder if there'll ever be a time people will want him traded. Or are we riding him out to retirement?

[o2cui2i]

That's sort of what I'm saying...the Jays are s*** scared to fracture the fanbase IMO. So they do what they can to get Bautista to request the trade. All it takes is for AA to talk about lacking veteran leadership in some interview and have his go to sportswriter write that they think Bautista isn't pulling his weight on the leadership end and have AA not truly publicly support it and that should be enough to blow Jose up.

 

great conspiracy theory and could happen, but only if the team is really struggling and Jose is part of that struggle. if he is hitting .300 and hitting a bomb every 12-15 AB there is nothing they can say that would sound credible.