2011 - what will the future hold?

Me, seeing Brandon Morrow continue to grow. He could be something special.

accidentally cutting his finger making dinner while tripping on a staircase and fracturing his kneecap and run over by a mob of marathon runners and slipping on a banana peel. All at the same time

Fighting for the 5th spot & swing man

Yay!

how Bautista will do….is 2010 a fluke or a one off. I’ll predict .260 32hr 96 RBI. Which is by any means a nice season but not what he did in 2010. Also I’m gonna go with Snider 135gp .278avg 29hr 81 RBI. That would be great. I want to see how Lind and Hill bounce back or if they even can. Good seasons from them on top of Bautista and Snider would be amazing. I would like to see who out of Romero Cecil Marcum and Morrow will be the ace. My bet’s on Cecil. If we can get 16 wins from him with 15 from Marcum and Romero with 14 from Morrow, we’ll be in good shape. I’m interested also in the releif pitching. Talet sucks an will not be here so who’s going to be the whipping boy for us. In all seriousness who will replace Downs and maybe Gregg. Lot’s of questions and lot’s of optimism and options. If things go well we could be looking at meaningful baseball in September.

I want to see the one NEW big bat AA brings to the table – he’ll be either a 1st, 3rd or RFer. This NEW bat plus Bautista, a break -out Snider, Wells, Lind, Hill, Yunel and Buck or JP will give our Super Four (soon to be Super Five) starters and our New for 2011 re-worked bullpen all they need to contend.

Girls – we are close very – very – close to being a real contender.

The Red Sox looked horrible this year, and if we’d played them better head-to-head, we’d have finished third. Also, the Yankees’ rotation is in disarray, and Pettitte, their second best, is old. If everything falls into place, we could beat one of them next year. On the other hand, almost everything fell into place this year, and we still finished fourth. Better than fifth, which is where most of the “experts” had us.

I look forward to JPA being behind the plate for most games this season, and please, management, do NOT try to convert him to 1B or DH. His value is in hitting pretty well while doing a good job handling a pitching staff and throwing out baserunners. First basemen are a dime a dozen.

I hope for the Jays to get a real leadoff hitter. Third and fourth hitters shouldn’t have such a large percentage of their taters being solo jobs. Doubles from clean-up hitters should score runs most of the time. For a guy who hit .270 with thirty HRS and leading the team in at-bats, Wells didn’t get enough ribbies in the three-hole. That’s not his fault.

I look forward to Morrow and Drabek developing quickly. We’ll never go anywhere with two number-two starters (Romero and Marcum) and three number-five starters (any three of Morrow, Cecil, Scrabble, Hill, Richmond, Litsch, and Drabek). I think Morrow can be a number-one starter someday, depending on whether or not (and how fast) the Jays’ pitcher handlers can undo the damage the Mariners did. For me, the jury is still out on Drabek. I hope the pundits and Jays fans on this site are correct, because if they are, Drabek can be another solid pitcher who puts in lots of innings and a sub-4.00 ERA year in and year out. I don’t think, though, that anybody is under the illusion that he will ever be Doc or even Steib.

I look forward to Romero, Marcum, Morrow, and Drabek pitching injury-free, because if they don’t, we won’t surpass last year’s win total in 2011.

that can get on base, steal like crazy and maybe move Vernon out of CF! That’s what I want for Christmas and next year.

If Travis Snider is hitting leadoff next year I don’t think my brain will allow me function.