Originally Posted by
VanillaO
I am intrigued by the Jays' moves this offseason. I definitely feel like they were way too active pursuing Morales, and it fucked them big time. I would rather have EE over Bautista (we could have maybe even still had both), but I understand the move.
Still no everyday LF, which is a big problem. Pearce/Smoak platoon at 1B is a problem to - I would rather have Pearce just playing the position himself and Smoak traded/cut unless he magically learned how to hit a ball with movement this winter. Unless Martin has a return to form, we have a whole lot of money tied up in a sinking ship at catcher. Haven't looked at the advanced stat, but I'm pretty sure he was below average defensively too.
On the bright side, we have arguably the best SS/3B duo in the majors, last year's best rotation, and we brought in a couple veteran arms for the bullpen. Sounds like the Jays are going to hit less home runs, and need their pitching to be even better than last year. So.... good luck to us.