Jays Jots 01/11: Jose Bautista, J.P. Arencibia, Esteban Loaiza

Here’s the first set of links in 2011, hopefully everyone had a fun night last night!

• According to FOX Sports’ latest Power Rankings, the Blue Jays are down to #17, and they had this to say:

Another parallel offseason for the Jays, who can expect another mid-division finish in 2011 after failing to make any significant moves during winter meetings.

• Big League Stew offers a look at Jose Bautista’s stellar 2010 campaign
• Blue Jays prospect Markus Knecht has been selected as the Canadian college player of the year, receiving 49 of 51 first-place votes
• J.P. Arencibia was recently on the Fan 590 discussing his 2010 offseason as well as his outlook on the 2011 season
• MLB Trade Rumors offers an unfortunate look back at the Esteban Loaiza for Michael Young trade
• 500 Level Fan offers a look back at the 2010 season
• The National Post feels that the Blue Jays aren’t really ready to make a playoff push in 2011

Finally, here’s a look at a killer Blue Jays Baseball on TSN promotional video from 1997 that features new ESPN Sunday Night Baseball announcer Dan Shulman and a brown haired Buck Martinez (turn your speakers up):

-JM

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