Blue Jays claim Justin Smoak off waivers.

[Laika]

This is crazy if true.

 

You're up in the LoD prospect draft, kid. Hint - pick _________

[Dick_Pole]

Wins aren't going to be added . AA is going to give us the spiel about adding defense and speed and a better Bull Pen when all he is doing is cutting the budget as per Rogers orders.

 

I'm expecting an OF of Gose, Pompey, and Bautista so we will have replacement level players at catcher , 1st base ,2nd base, 60 % of the time at 3rd and at least 1 OF position.

 

last off season I had expectations . I have none this year in fact I firmly believe the budget is going down Any Additions will be a bonus to me.

 

But...on the plus side we do not have to slot Ricky Romero and Brandon Morrow in as the #1 and #2 starters on this team. I think it's a given that the offense will be s***. Well, not s*** necessarily but extremely thin and imbalanced. Let's just hope:

 

1. Dickey returns to Cy Young form or something closer to that than a .500 pitcher

2. MB has a full year's worth of his 2014 May and September

3. Stroman is the second-coming of Pedro Martinez and that starts in 2015

4. Hutch throws 180 innings of injury-free K per inning ball with better luck and more consistency than in 2014

5. JA Happ puts up career numbers in hopes of a FA payout suitable for a #3 SP

6. The injury-free quintet puts up something close to a combined 1000 IP, allowing a well-rested bullpen to dominate the year

 

Barring some miraculous moves from AA, this team's hopes all ride on the pitching staff next year. It's amazing how seamlessly this team can go from offensively dominant and pitching inept to offensively inept and pitching dominant but NEVER be dominant in both in the same year since 1996.

[Angrioter]

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Smoak

“I’ve always been a guy that’s always been able to hit the ball in the air. When you hit the ball in the air in Seattle, not too often does it . . . get out of the ballpark.”

[Dick_Pole]

This post is filled with all sorts of dumb.

 

Well now...don't you feel silly