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Originally Posted by Jason14h
If only there was a way to know that cheaping out on the bullpen was going to hurt this team! 
The worst part is because of the weak bullpen they have been forced to overuse Biagini and his last few outing he has looked bad/tired.
Sure hitting is pathetic too, but 7 blown saves through 20 games. AGAIN we start the season like this. However, this year the hitting isn't/won't bail them out.
Reading the off-season thread sure is humorous now! |
Not too many people telling me how i'm just negative and that it's ridiculous to spend money on your bullpen. 3 years in a row of this ####.
Time to blow this team up. You can't run with the big dogs if you aren't willing to up your budget when necessary to fill a need. People can point to the Jays top ten payroll all they want to try and say they aren't cheap, but they are. They could have started the season with a pen, they could have started the season with an actual Major League caliber outfield, but they didn't by choice.
I don't agree with the approach given the Toronto Blue Jays market (36M people), but it's time to trim payroll and build through the draft. We are never going to "buy" a team with Rogers at the helm and they aren't going anywhere. Let's stop pretending we are playing with the big boys. Let's go the Tampa Bay route, and at least when we do contend every 10 years or so, we will have an actual chance of winning.