The Jays of 2011

I've seen many posts about this and i thought id join in the fun :)

From most of the post's, ive seen like, Jose will have exactly 37 Hr's with a 243 average with exactly 103 rib's, not trying to discredit those people, i believe that saying that is probably incorrect, baseball is unpredictable, but i'd like to take a crack at this, these scenario's all are my opinion, and what i want to see next year, and i haven't included call ups or trades, more like from what we've seen this season who will be here next year

Lineups

Scenario

Jose stays with Jays

Fred Lewis stays

Trade Lyle for prospect

Edwin gets traded for Chase Headley

1 : Fred Lewis LF/DH /  Travis Snider LF/RF

2:  Yunel Escobar SS / Travis Snider LF/RF

3: Jose Bautisa 3B/LF/RF / Adam Lind 1B/DH

4: Adam Lind 1B/DH / Vernon Wells CF

5: Travis Snider LF/RF / Vernon Wells CF

6: Aaron Hill 2B

7: Vernon Wells CF 

8: JP Arencibia C / John Buck C

9: Trade for Chase Headley  3B

Projected Stats of Lineup

age was off the top of my head so correct my if im wrong

Fred Lewis, 31 : close to 300 ab's, with a lot of doubles and runs

Yunel Escobar, 29 : plays almost every game and has a 20 hr's 70-80 rbi's with a 300 average

Jose Bautisa 31 : A shocker to most people, a huge decline in production and average, above 200 average with 15-20 Hr's and 80 rbi's, I believe this will happen for the same reason that Lind has struggled this year, Pitchers are not currently adjusting to Bautisa but next year they will which means a ton of strikeouts with low production (compared to last year)

Adam Lind, 28 : I strongly believe that Adam will become the clean up hitter next year, even though he said he doesnt enjoy the spot, i think the new manager will plug him in and see what hes got Linds got to suck it up and play the cleanup, he will be 28 and closing in to his prime, get him comfortable with this spot and hopefully see improvement from last year. my prediciton is a +270 average with 30 + Hr's and + 100 rbi's,  Possible DH silver slugger

Travis Snider, 23 : I think Lunch box will have a breakout year with a high average and 20-25 hr's and 60 + rbis

Aaron HIl, 29l : not a huge aaron hill fan right here, I dont really think his struggles this year has anything to do with injuries or pitcher adjustments, doesn't have huge power, but still hits it out a lot , prediction 250+ average -20 hr's and -70 rbi's however a great fielding year and wins 2B goldglove

Vernon Wells, 33 : First Thought is age, he's not 20 something anymore, will he be able to handle CF? Yes he will, looking at this current season, he is really doing a fine job in Center making amazing plays here and there, maybe a little degression of ability but still a fine year, 300 average with 25+ Hr's and 60+ rbis' optimisism

JP and buck, 25, 31 respectively: Im putting these together because i believe they will share the bulk of the load next year, I think Jp will play a portion of the games but not that many, maybe 50 - 55 games, you know just getting comfortable with the pitchers and batting, buck will continue to impress the jays with the bat and improve on fielding, JP 200+ average with 5 hr's and 25 + rbis' John buck 250 average with 15 + hr's and 50 + rbis'

3B, ??: im leaving this one blank because i really dont know about this one.

Now onto pitchers, excluding bullpen, but if you'd like to add in comments, its gladly aprreciated

Ace : Shaun Marcum

2nd: Ricky Romero

3rd : Brandon Morrow

4th:  Brett Cecil

5th : Kyle Drabek/ Jesse Litch/ Zach Stewart / Mark Z

I dont belive the Jays will target any starting pitchers this offseason due to prospects and overload of draft picks being Pitchers

Predictions of Starters

Shaun Marcum, 30 : What a season he's having eh? in 2011 i believe that Shaun will have another outstanding year barring injuries. 15-17 wins, 200 + IP, close to 150 strikeouts with a era below 3

Ricky Romero, 27 : I think ricky will have a good year, but not great, after getting that huge contract, he may have a Adam Lind season, prediction, 10-15 wins, 150 + ip, 100+ strikeouts with a era above 3

Brandon Morrow, 27: I predict an amazing season from young Brandon, He's going to get tons of strikeouts and tons of wins, 15-20 wins, 150-200 IP, 200 strikeouts with a Era below 4

Brett Ceci, 25l : i dont think he will have a great season, maybe a sophmore slump of somesorts, however he is still young, 100 + ip (shut down at end of season), -10 wins, -100 strikeouts, era below 4

Kyle Drabek, 24: I think he will come up at some time next season, he may start with the big club or wait till September Call ups, he may have up to 15 starts with 5 wins, up to 70 strikeouts less than 100 IP and 4+ era

I also think the jays will finish above 500 with a 90-72 record, just missing out on the playoffs

Please comment below on your thoughts or concerns

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