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Originally Posted by Caged Great
I like this signing in that it will help the pitching staff continue to be good.
Fewer runs against usually means more wins.
Now the next two things that need to happen are
1) 2nd and 3rd baseman with power or average needs to be acquired. The jays need someone better than Chapman at 3B but he would do if they get a really good 2B.
2) need a good DH. As much as I like Janssen, they need more pop from the DH position overall.
If they get those three things in some decent combination, that will make them a contending team again.
If we see Schneider/Biggio/Espinal at 2B that won't do.
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2b and catcher tend to be the most mediocre positions in baseball where a lot of teams settle for meh or call-up tryouts, where okay ends up being good enough. That said if you have a good player at any of those positions you seem to be in a good position to do well. I thought Espinal had the opportunity to be that guy but he dropped the ball last season. I thought the opposite of Biggio and he impressed bigtime toward the end of the year, probably more than any batter. All said, I’d like to give Biggio a legit look. He deserved it last year. Schneider and Espinal I’d put in a package for a 3rd baseman.