Comments on: Jose Bautista Heroic in Cleveland

By: He's Done it Again!

He's Done it Again! — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:45:03 +0000

@rdavis Well said rdavis. I think you go a bit off your rocker in the later posts but indeed I’m as impatient as you. Tough decision for the Jays organization right now, do you go for it now and the next two seasons or win in the next 5 and continue to do so for a decade? They both have high appeal for me, I so badly want a power house again, but you can’t win without pitching. Hopefully Drabek and those boys in AA can learn quick cause Jose is a monster thirsting for post season prime time!! Oh lord what he would do in the playoffs, f-ing scary!!

By: keith72

keith72 — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:43:01 +0000

Another well written article. I have to agree with rdavis, when he says we owe Bautista. Unfortunately this franchise has already seen one franchise player demand a trade because he wanted to win. We do not require a repeat of that situation.

I think we still need to see what we have in the kids before we step out and trade them for a front end arm. Drabek has certainly turned his season around the last 2 starts in AAA and he still has that stuff that is truly special. Combine that with Romero, Morrow, Villanueva and a revitalized Cecil and we a solid front 4 that will keep us in most games.

Unfortunately they are young and still need to go through the growing pains to learn. As they step forward we will see this team contend for years. I don’t want to see AA make a rash decision and trade away any of the young talent we have begun to accumulate. I would rather he starts to look at some of them honestly and see if there are other options for them. For example how good would Sergio Santos look in the closer role for us?

As far as a closer goes. i think we have plenty of options in house including Joel Careno and Chad Beck.

By: Mylegacy

Mylegacy — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:08:08 +0000

Mat

“rdavis” is “Mylegacy”.

You’ve lost the “Capcha” I’ve lost my identity – sigh.

By: Mylegacy

Mylegacy — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:06:23 +0000

Mat

You have SLAIN The CAPTCHA. Its bloody corpse lies rotting! BRAVO – the site is NOW PERFECT!!!!

By: Mylegacy

Mylegacy — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:02:50 +0000

Mat

Jose – seriously – what can be said that hasn’t been said. We are watching MLB history…we’ve been watching it since September 2010 and however long it lasts…they will never be able to take it away from him or us lucky observers. I’ve seen every televised Jays game since the streak started and NO QUESTION he is a PURE JOY to watch. To all of you out there – watch – enjoy – history is being made!

To AA I say this:

You have an OBLIGATION to Jose. Jose is delivering excellence – unparallelled excellence – you MUST surround with with a supporting cast that can best showcase his wonderful talent. AA – you are well on the way to doing so. Eight hitters chosen from: Escobar, Thames, Lind, Lawrie, Snider, Gose, d’Arnaud, Loewen, McDade, Cooper, Hill and others will go a long way to giving him the position player support.

The problem is the pitching. While Romero is a “Top of Rotation” guy and Morrow has “Top of Rotation” stuff and Villanueva has performed to his absolute maximum the collapse of Drabek, Stewart and Litsch has left a serious weakness. Can we wait for Alvarez.,Hutchinson, Molina, McGuire and others to challenge – or – do you need to parcel a few of them for another two “ready for prime time” players?

Also we clearly – desperately – need a closer – a GOOD closer. A closer, a closer, my kingdom for a closer! PLEASE – this death by a thousand cuts every ninth inning is unbearable! I think this might be your biggest challenge.

AA – the ball is in your court, don’t wait too long.