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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
Well the Yankees have had a fair amount of injuries themselves. They do have the ability to stock their roster with better depth which has let them survive. The Rays stayed afloat while dealing with injuries.
I hear all this hype about Jays prospects...yet what have they done in the majors? I certainly haven't seen anyone come up who looks like they'll be anything more than an average player so far.
Roy Halladay traded 3 seasons ago, what do the Jays have to show for it...two guys done for the season with injuries, and a guy who so far can't hit major league pitching. This after they kicked in money to trade him to the Phillies, and flipped the one guy who's somewhat been able to hit major league pitching.
Defend the Jays all you like, but right now they're looking like the only AL East team to not make the playoffs in the last 5 years. They knew damn well going into this season that they lacked depth in their rotation and the minor league guys have either got injured, or not been up to par. The Athletics have had injuries to their rotation too...yet they actually find a way to win.
I suspect that even if the Jays team had stayed healthy, they would still be 6-7 games behind the top 3 teams in the Division. They're more hype than substance in my books. Will be until they can play a full season and win more than 86 games.
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Yankees or the Rays are not in even in the same ball park in terms of injuries as the Jays. (i.e. when has anyone ever seen a team lose 3 starting pithers in a row to serious injuries.... 2 ot them with Tommy John Surgeries)
An example of what the Jays can do is trade a "Brandon League" Calbre of a prospect for a #2 Starter.... The deeper the pool of talent the vast amount of options that are present. Key is will AA trade some of the Assets.....?
Jays said all along, this season they were not ready.... They needed more time. I suspect in the off-season key area of concern being the Starting Pitching will be addressed.
No one expected the Jays to make the playoffs.... problem is no one expected the majority of the players to suffer such serious injuries.