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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
It is, but Tampa was a last place team in all of MLB for how many years until they stocked up enough players to have a break through year. Even that team would have a hard time dealing with 4 players whom they were hoping would be part of their starting staff go down with injuries. A team like the Jays is going to need pretty much everything to fall into place for them to compete and that includes staying relatively healthy over a 162 game season. Even big spending teams like the Yankees and Red Sox have had problems when they've lost a couple starting pitchers to injury too.
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Totally agree.... However the Yanks//Red Sox load up every off season which the Jays can not do... This is the fundamential difference.
As for the prospects.... Jays have done a really good job with drafting the last few years which is really nice to see (Cecil, Snider, etc.....)