Spring Is Here

It's been a while. Over 3 months, in fact, since I last posted anything at all.

There just hasn't been much of anything to write about, and there still isn't that much.

One thing that did happen since my departure is the trading of Roy Fucking Halladay. Big news, right?

The package was nice, I personally liked it better with Taylor, but am more than satisfied with Wallace.

And again, our GM is stocking up on fringe pitchers. The Jays have about 2 teams worth of 4th/5th starters and middle relievers coming into camp.

Let's have a look, shall we?

On 40-Man Roster
Jeremy Accardo (Out Of Options)
Shawn Camp (Out Of Options)
Jesse Carlson
Brett Cecil
Scott Downs
Dana Eveland
Jason Frasor
Reidier Gonzalez
Kevin Gregg
Sean Henn (Out Of Options)
Dirk Heyhurst (60-Day DL)
Casey Janssen
Jesse Litsch (60-Day DL)
Shaun Marcum
Dustin McGowan (Out Of Options)
Brad Mills
Brandon Morrow
Luis Perez
David Purcey
Robert Ray
Scott Richmond (Injured-Unknown Status)
Josh Roenicke
Ricky Romero
Marc Rzepczynski
Brian Tallet
Merkin Valdez
Zechry Zinicola (Rule V)

Non-Roster Invites
Lance Broadway
Willie Collazo
Kyle Drabek
Dan Farquhar
Shawn Hill (Will Be On 60-Day DL)
Zach Jackson
Chad Jenkins
Rommie Lewis
Steven Register
Zach Stewart

Prospects
Henderson Alvarez
Robert Bell
Tim Collins
Trystan Magnuson

That is a shit-load of pitchers.

With the rotation as wide open as it is, maybe it's good to hve so many options.

One thing I do hope for though is to see our top pitching prospects in AA, away from the PCL and hitter friendly Las Vegas. I'm hoping Chad Jenkins, Kyle Drabek, and Zach Stewart all start in AA, while Dan Farquhar and Tim Collins pitch in relief. It will allow some veterans to start in AAA to stay ready for potential emergency starts.

A part of me wants Brandan Morrow to start in AAA so that he can get 100% into starting and to push his service clock back a year.

I'm not gonna try and break down where each will start the year because injuries always make predictions such as 5th starter and 6/7th bullpen arms pointless and spring training games haven't even started yet.

I'm excited to see how this years emerging pitchers are, and maybe the rise of a Sean Henn or Willie Collazo or Rommie Lewis or Zach Jackson make Scott Downs tradable. Or maybe Zinicola has a nails spring and allows the Jays to trade Frasor. I don't know what is going to happen, but I am fucking pumped.