About AA not moving over Yunel: well, we saw how how much that was to be trusted with the EE/Bautista fiasco at the beginning of the season. He said one thing, then did another. Hech is a better fielder than Yunel, whose UZR has been decreasing year-on-year. If we have no choice (and Johnson is NOT the answer), then Hech is up.

And BTW, I called it on Hill, that he would find resurgence in the NL.

About AA not moving over Yunel: well, we saw how how much that was to be trusted with the EE/Bautista fiasco at the beginning of the season. He said one thing, then did another. Hech is a better fielder than Yunel, whose UZR has been decreasing year-on-year. If we have no choice (and Johnson is NOT the answer), then Hech is up.

And BTW, I called it on Hill, that he would find resurgence in the NL.

Basically – we’ve a few possible phenoms on defense/offense they are: Lawrie (already up, on budget, on schedule), Thames (his defense will improve – he’s a spectacular athlete who’s spend almost 0 time working on defense), d”Arnaud (MVP of his AA league – picture GG defense with a Paul Molitor bat), Gose (picture Devo’s GG defense with Barfield’s GG arm and a 15 HR bat with – unfortunately a reasonably weak OBP – the weak OBP will restrict him to a mere 60 or so SB’s – IF – he gets the OBP up a bit – he’ll near 100 some year) and last – but not least – Hechavarria (picture Ozzie Smith ‘s defense with Scutaro’s OK bat – only with more power than Marco)…

All of the above will be in place BEFORE September 2012 – AT THE LATEST. If I was AA I’d have that group (who I call the NEAR FUTURE – remember that group will be challenged by Marisnick, Knecht, Jimemez, Crouse, Hawkins and others over the next few years) up and running ALL SPRING – so that we can actually start 2012 with them – learning on the job as it were.

The fans will be energized and hopefully understand it will take that group – with Bautisa, Escobar, Rasmus, EE and others helping out – a couple of years to dominate – much like it took the 1983 Jay’s till 1985 to dominate.

Basically – we’ve a few possible phenoms on defense/offense they are: Lawrie (already up, on budget, on schedule), Thames (his defense will improve – he’s a spectacular athlete who’s spend almost 0 time working on defense), d”Arnaud (MVP of his AA league – picture GG defense with a Paul Molitor bat), Gose (picture Devo’s GG defense with Barfield’s GG arm and a 15 HR bat with – unfortunately a reasonably weak OBP – the weak OBP will restrict him to a mere 60 or so SB’s – IF – he gets the OBP up a bit – he’ll near 100 some year) and last – but not least – Hechavarria (picture Ozzie Smith ‘s defense with Scutaro’s OK bat – only with more power than Marco)…

All of the above will be in place BEFORE September 2012 – AT THE LATEST. If I was AA I’d have that group (who I call the NEAR FUTURE – remember that group will be challenged by Marisnick, Knecht, Jimemez, Crouse, Hawkins and others over the next few years) up and running ALL SPRING – so that we can actually start 2012 with them – learning on the job as it were.

The fans will be energized and hopefully understand it will take that group – with Bautisa, Escobar, Rasmus, EE and others helping out – a couple of years to dominate – much like it took the 1983 Jay’s till 1985 to dominate.

AA also said he doesn’t see their time frames interfering with each other, meaning (in my opinion) he expects Yunel to either have moved on as a FA or be traded by the Jays by 2013 or 2014 at the latest, should Hech ever actually make it.

We won’t be pursuing Fielder, unfortunately it’s just unrealistic at this point.. Lind is a good hitter and when the time comes I believe he’ll put it all together. Lots of confusion in the outfield with Snider, Thames, Rasmus and Gose competing for two spots (although Gose, again, not until late 2012 at the earliest).

We’re definitely not going to be ready to compete next year, but 2013 is a realistic playoff year, while a championship should be possible between 2014-2018. It depends on a lot of factors, but the minor league depth and talent is there, and the team is coming together. It’s a slow process to do things the right way, but that’s what we’re doing.

AA also said he doesn’t see their time frames interfering with each other, meaning (in my opinion) he expects Yunel to either have moved on as a FA or be traded by the Jays by 2013 or 2014 at the latest, should Hech ever actually make it.

We won’t be pursuing Fielder, unfortunately it’s just unrealistic at this point.. Lind is a good hitter and when the time comes I believe he’ll put it all together. Lots of confusion in the outfield with Snider, Thames, Rasmus and Gose competing for two spots (although Gose, again, not until late 2012 at the earliest).

We’re definitely not going to be ready to compete next year, but 2013 is a realistic playoff year, while a championship should be possible between 2014-2018. It depends on a lot of factors, but the minor league depth and talent is there, and the team is coming together. It’s a slow process to do things the right way, but that’s what we’re doing.