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Originally Posted by cross16
Point was I think if you look at the Jays rotation now and the Royals starting rotation last year there isn't a big difference.
I agree about the bullpen but what if the Jays sign Ryan Madson and say Mark Lowe? Osuna, Sanchez, Cecil, Madson and Lowe as the back end of a bull pen if very, very good. Not to mention the Royals won 95 games with the staff they did and wth an offence not as good as the Jays. I'm not saying they are the KC Royals, but I also don't think the sky is falling this offseason like some of you. Jays are still a very good baseball team who IMO is looking like a playoff team right now.
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They aren't going to sign Madson and Lowe though. Have you read the articles and twitter reports people were posting earlier today in this thread? ESPN is saying the jays are dumpster diving to try and find a bullpen power arm. They will need to make substantial offers to get one of those guys, let alone the both of them. I would love to have them both though.
Though on paper this would ridiculous, but I would argue that KC have a better offence than the Jays when put in context. They may not put up a ten spot like the Jays do, but they advance their runners, and drive them in when they need to. It's not sexy like the Blue Jays bombs, but they won't go a couple games scoring only 1 or 2 runs, leaving 20 guys on base.
When playoff times comes around, I'd much rather the KC offence than the Jays. You aren't going to blast 3 homeruns a game facing a steady diet of fantastic pitching. That was the main difference between the Jays and KC in their series. KC cashed in bases runners in scoring position on the regular, where as the Jays didn't.