Comments on: 1/4 through 2011: Blue Jay Hitters http://jaysjournal.com/2011/05/23/14-through-2011-blue-jay-hitters/ A Toronto Blue Jays Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:16:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Baseballkid http://jaysjournal.com/2011/05/23/14-through-2011-blue-jay-hitters/comment-page-1/#comment-4096 Baseballkid Tue, 24 May 2011 14:25:51 +0000 http://jaysjournal.com/?p=7768#comment-4096 The Jays are right where people were predicting. I do however see them improving in the consistency of the hitting. The starters have struggled at times, but the bullpen has been out of this world. This past weekend was the first game I watched where they really blew the game away. The Jays are right where people were predicting. I do however see them improving in the consistency of the hitting. The starters have struggled at times, but the bullpen has been out of this world. This past weekend was the first game I watched where they really blew the game away.

]]> By: onomeister http://jaysjournal.com/2011/05/23/14-through-2011-blue-jay-hitters/comment-page-1/#comment-4090 onomeister Tue, 24 May 2011 02:26:51 +0000 http://jaysjournal.com/?p=7768#comment-4090 A 1/4 done and Encarnacion is on pace for... 44 errors. If he continues to perform poorly offensively in the next 3-4 weeks, I see AA forcing the issue and cutting him and promoting Lawrie. A 1/4 done and Encarnacion is on pace for… 44 errors. If he continues to perform poorly offensively in the next 3-4 weeks, I see AA forcing the issue and cutting him and promoting Lawrie.

]]> By: Keith http://jaysjournal.com/2011/05/23/14-through-2011-blue-jay-hitters/comment-page-1/#comment-4089 Keith Tue, 24 May 2011 01:02:19 +0000 http://jaysjournal.com/?p=7768#comment-4089 The club overall has performed as expected. The Great: Thankfully Bautista is in another league. The Good: I think we are getting just about what we hoped for from JP and Escobar. Lind is having a bounce back season. This means that we have hopefully solidified 1B, SS, C & RF. The Bad: Davis, Rivera and Hill have been disappointments so far and we need to start seeing better approaches at the plate out of these 3 hitters for this team to have a shot. E5 has been a disappointment but I was expecting him to be. Patterson should not be playing everyday and the fact that he has been, is ridiculous. Shocks: Beyond that, I probably had too high an expectation for our starting 5. Other than Romero & Litch (only because he is a #5), the other 3 have been frustrating to watch. Morrow has not been able to take it to the "next level" that I thought we would see. He has definitely not shown himself to be an "ace" Drabek has shown a few glimpses of brilliance surrounded by way too many walks and Reyes has only started to put it together..... Unfortunately it's 2 months into the season. Even Romero has been hit hard in 2 starts. Which is not what you would expect from a true #1. But he is growing into that role. I keep having to remind myself that this year is about AA and management further figuring out what we truly have here. If we say that we now have 1B, SS, C & RF plus 4 potential starters who are all 26 or under that is a good start. Hopefully we get to see Lawrie soon and Snider sorts out his issues and is back by the All Star break. If so with Thames at DH this could be a dangerous line up (with 3 LHB no less). The club overall has performed as expected.
The Great:
Thankfully Bautista is in another league.

The Good:
I think we are getting just about what we hoped for from JP and Escobar. Lind is having a bounce back season.

This means that we have hopefully solidified 1B, SS, C & RF.

The Bad:

Davis, Rivera and Hill have been disappointments so far and we need to start seeing better approaches at the plate out of these 3 hitters for this team to have a shot.

E5 has been a disappointment but I was expecting him to be.
Patterson should not be playing everyday and the fact that he has been, is ridiculous.

Shocks:

Beyond that, I probably had too high an expectation for our starting 5. Other than Romero & Litch (only because he is a #5), the other 3 have been frustrating to watch. Morrow has not been able to take it to the “next level” that I thought we would see. He has definitely not shown himself to be an “ace” Drabek has shown a few glimpses of brilliance surrounded by way too many walks and Reyes has only started to put it together….. Unfortunately it’s 2 months into the season. Even Romero has been hit hard in 2 starts. Which is not what you would expect from a true #1. But he is growing into that role.

I keep having to remind myself that this year is about AA and management further figuring out what we truly have here. If we say that we now have 1B, SS, C & RF plus 4 potential starters who are all 26 or under that is a good start. Hopefully we get to see Lawrie soon and Snider sorts out his issues and is back by the All Star break. If so with Thames at DH this could be a dangerous line up (with 3 LHB no less).

]]> By: kylez http://jaysjournal.com/2011/05/23/14-through-2011-blue-jay-hitters/comment-page-1/#comment-4086 kylez Mon, 23 May 2011 21:12:42 +0000 http://jaysjournal.com/?p=7768#comment-4086 There record indicates that they're doing about as expected. But individually almost everyone except for Bautista and a handful of pitchers (Drabek, Litsch, bullpen) are not playing as they should. I have a gut feeling they're lucky to be where they are, but if the others don't step up soon then this could get ugly. There record indicates that they’re doing about as expected. But individually almost everyone except for Bautista and a handful of pitchers (Drabek, Litsch, bullpen) are not playing as they should.

I have a gut feeling they’re lucky to be where they are, but if the others don’t step up soon then this could get ugly.

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