Thoughts before the season starts

I didn't keep my blogging up the last couple of games because basically, i lost interest in the last 3 or 4 games of spring. The only really interesting thing to happen was that Brandon Morrow threw very well, regularly getting the ball up to mid-90's speed and no reported pain. I still need to do a longer post on him, maybe before his first start, but basically I think he's got the potential to be everything that McGowan was supposed to be. If McGowan ever makes it back to be what he looked like he might these 2 together would be deadly.

Final thought on Tallet and Eveland making the rotation over Cecil and Rzep? Well rzep got injured so that cleared things up. Eveland, if you were going to trade for him and then stick him in the bullpen or risk losing him to waivers when he pitched as well as he did, why did you bother trading for him? So it makes sense to give him a shot.

Tallet - well really what i got to say there is i'm betting that this is a move that's done as much for the benefit of the players as that management thinks he can be legit starting pitcher with more upside than any of the other options. Tallet has been a good soldier as long as he's been with the team, and i can bet he's popular with his teammates. He took the ball a lot last season and "ate" innings even when he wasn't very good and could have said he just wanted to stay in the bullpen. I could see that he might have been quietly politicking to get this opportunity. Nobody should fool themselves here, the potential earnings between a guy who's a pretty good reliever and 5th starter could be pretty huge. Especially if he actually is any good and gets traded to a contender. That's probably something that is going to be respected by the players here as well as ones you might be trying to attract. And if he sucks, Cecil can be here in no time.

On the position player side of that long shot coin. I'm fine with Ruiz and McCoy on the team. I think they are both going to get regular chances to show why the entire rest of the league has been right about them for years once Bautista proves he's not going to suddenly bloom into a legit above average everyday player. But who knows, if one of these 3 exceeds expectations that would be a very good thing. We just have to hope that Cito realizes when one of the is showing there is no hope and moves onto the next one.

Finally, congratulations to Adam Lind on his brand new contract. It's amazing, the MLB contract. Both sides can be screwing each other and making out like bandits at the same time. I think this is positive backup to this story from tao of stieb. If the CEO was actually telling the players all this stuff, well then I have to think Rogers would have to be awfully cynical for it not to be true. The only thing is until proven otherwise, I really do believe that Rogers just is that cynical. Let's just say the scale is momentarily tipped the other way. But that's got as much to do with it being the first game of the regular season as anything else.

Some stuff to follow on Lind and Hill that I've been working on for a looong while.

Isn't that Addie guy supposed to be reporting somewhere about now? did he get lost in the Bermuda triangle?

At this point let me also state dissapointment that the Jays do not have a former Giant Bocock on the roster this season. I was looking forward to that.

100 losses and #3 in the draft here we come!

Eveland pitches great, Hill 2 RBI, I have no 3rd thing

Wasn't paying attention to this game, so going by the recap and boxscore that's pretty much it.

I do think though that if Tallet is going to continue to have a place in the rotation and Eveland is going to pitch this well, then cecil and rzep both have to go down to AAA. I'm sure they will both be back in no time at all, as one of those 2 will surely flame out, and there will be an injury, but I think you have to see where this train is going.

Besides I like the sound of "The Dana Eveland Project" as some kind of progressive rock band name.

Romero: Hey I'm here too, Eveland also making his case, McCoy too

Tidy win by the Jays on the road. I was never sure why the Jays traded for Eveland, and it seems pretty doubtful they are going to keep him now. Where does he fit and how would he clear waivers unless things go south fast? Then why do you want him anyways.

McGowan makes another sim start today I believe and then it should be game action if things keep going well.

Snider hit a 2b yesterday as well. A couple of hits today and a bb and he's pretty much right back on track.


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Dana Eveland

I don't know, I just give up on this one. The best i can figure it is there must be a number of pitchers the Jays just do not want to pitch at the MLB level this year, but I hope that's not the case. I cannot see how he's better than just about any option the jays currently have. In his best year he just missed an ERA+ of 100, and was never anywhere close in any of his other seasons, although he showed promise in the minors. Why waste a roster spot on the guy? If you really do burn through whatever starters you wanted to use ahead of this guy, couldn't you just pick somebody up off waivers or something rather than need to have this guy ready to go? And what is giving him one of the 5 starting spots supposed to do for the team (god i hope not, i'd rather cross my fingers on Brad Mills).