Dodgers are taking everything I wanted for the Jays. Boo.
I'd have taken Teo at that number. No such thing as a bad 1 year deal.
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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
It's crazy to me how harsh people are with the Jays.
The still have all their pitching from last season (minus Hicks), and shored up the D to help the pitching remain top 5ish in the league.
The offense was mid tier league wide last season thanks to some major underperformance from key players. If even just one or two of the four culprits (Vlad, Kirk, Springer, Varsho) bounce back the offense is still mid tier to maybe top ten or so.
This is assuming they add a competent DH that can replace Belt.
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See here's the thing (In reverse order)...
I'm sure the Jays can get a competent DH to replace belt. There are plenty of competent mid-tier sluggers to be had.
What you said is true all other things being equal if one or two of the four major underperformers bounce back then yeah the the jays offense would get a significant bump... but here's the thing... that assumes that all other things are equal. Bichette hit really well last year, Schneider entered the cheat code for "God Mode" when he came up, Chapman didn't hit well but he hit better then I'd project the hodgepog of talent that will presumably be taking his At-bats. We can't assume that some guys will have a bounceback and that other guys won't have down years.
Yes, Pitching should be really good again... but I'm skeptical that it will be as healthy as it was. Depth beyond the presumptive MLB roster is weak still. Sure would be nice if Tiedeman could have good health and build up some innings because we're gonna need him next year.
To be clear I don't think the Jays will be a bad team... I just don't think they've improved (if anything they've gotten marginally worse on paper) and given their window the Jays should be getting better on paper not running in place.