I wouldn't say need but more so want after seeing how effective the lineup was when we were fully healthy. It was damn near dominant and covered up a lot of issues with our crappy bullpen. The lineup you posted makes me sad after seeing last year's lineup.
We just spent 12M a year on a 5th starter when that money should have been used for a 3B if the lineup you posted is indeed our opening day lineup. I'm more happy with Pearson/Stripling fighting for the 5th spot than I am seeing Espinal/Smith fight for the 3B spot.
Villar would be fine if we were looking to replace Espinal or maybe even Biggio but definitely not a player of Semien's calibre.
Hope this interest is because of a potential move for Ramirez where we'd need a 2B or a backup utility infielder.
After suffering from home field disadvantage for the past 2 seasons, I'm OK from taking advantage of people who still believe in Facebook posts as concrete news.
The Jays need to adequately replace Semien. Bryant/Story/Chapman/Ramirez are the calibre of players we need, not a Villar type.
That and one more good bullpen arm and we are set to win the world series!
Agreed with most of this. I was very negative on Biggios ability to play 3B full time. He may have brought his defensive woes to the plate like Vladdy the year before because he's definitely not as bad as he looked last year.
Biggio at 2B full-time with Espinal as the backup 3B/SS/2B works for me too. Let's find a good starting 3B though.
Did you forget his noodle arm in the OF? I'd rather not waste a roster spot on a guy who is pretty much a DH since he doesn't bat well enough to be just that.
Im only going to speak on players i actually saw play so ill say Halladay/Delgado/Bautista/Alomar.
Shout out to Edwin and Donaldson. I didn't see Stieb or anyone before that.
I remember I was making these comments prior to last season and was being roasted because of his previous WAR lol. Biggio in a platoon at 2B or 10th man is the perfect spot for him.
Ramirez will be a free agent in 2 years and i doubt we will be able to afford him with all the other guys being paid or needing to be paid by then?
I'd prefer to save the prospect capital and just spend money on Bryant now so it won't matter if he leaves us in 3/4 years.
Agree with the "f*** the players" notion. To continue the lockout on such minor details at this point is pathetic. f*** them and I hope they get screwed very hard now.
God bless all of you who are still staying active here during these times. It does separate the truly hardcore from the rest. See yall once there's a deal lol.
Man... being so far apart when the game is pretty healthy overall just seems stupid from the fans perspective. You'd get it if one side was losing a lot more than the other but both sides seem to be doing pretty well overall.
Instead theyre both going to the other extreme without budging much. I get that's how negotiations work sometimes but just hurry it up and meet in the middle already.
Sign me up if it means we can get Bauer at a discount. If he didn't break any laws here, I don't care too much. Of course no jokes are off-limits though lol.