This One's For My Baseball Nerds!

Well it's that time of year again, the time of year where I tell you that the Jays will be a play-off team this year, winning the Wild Card, thanks to 96 wins. Before you all (and by that I mean all three of the people reading this) FREAK OUT, and say "Man, you're crazy dawg! The only thing they will win is the right to be called shitty!" hear me out.

This is a young team coming together at the right time, I believe they call this a "perfect storm". You have a pitching staff with an average age of 25, you have a young, athletic, defensively sound team fielding the ball behind them, but the biggest thing that makes this team a winner, is something that the team hasn't had in years, speed, and a green light on the base paths.

******* Since there are no real funny jokes in this one, I am going to try to use the funniest pics I have saved on the ol computer. So, all the pictures in this blog, are not related to the story in any way!!**********

2010 Mangler Cup Champions !!

New Head Coach John Farrell has said numerous times, that his team will be VERY active on the base paths, meaning that we will have alot more runners in scoring position, which means more run support for our pitchers to work with.

I have pulled together my crack team of baseball experts, to see what they think about the team, and to give me a prediction of what they think the team will look like on opening day. Here's a new list (cue music... preferably Reigning Blood by Slayer, look it up, Awesome!) "Gary's List Of What He Thinks The Opening Day Roster Will Look Like For The Jays, As Well As Picks From His Neat Nicknamed Brotherly Editoring Duo"

Kyle and Gary's Super Awesome Podcast Mascot.... his name is Kyle!

So here is how I see things shaping up!

Batting Order, with positions

1. Rajai Davis - CF
2. Yunel Escobar - SS
3. Jose Bautista - 3b
4. Adam Lind - 1B
5. Arron Hill - 2B
6. Travis Snider - LF
7. Edwin Encarnacion - DH
8. Juan Rivera - RF
9. J.P. Arencibia - C

If AA and Farrell decide that Buatista will be more comfortable in right, look for the chosen one, aka Brett Lawrie to break camp as the starting third basemen, otherwise, this is pretty much written in stone.

Starting Rotation

Ricky Romero
Brendan Morrow
Brett Cecil
Jessie Litsch
Kyle Drabek

This is also written in stone.

Bullpen

CL - Frank Francisco
SU- Jon Rauch
LR - Jo-Jo-Reyes
David Purcey
Shawn Camp
Carlos Villaneuva
Casey Janssen

Injuries have decimated the pen a bit, but this is probably how it will look on opening day.

I love this one! What a loser!!!

Maestro Of Bloganomics (aka- R-Mazing-Grace)

(Not batting order - positional numbers)
2-Arencibia
3-Lind
4-Hill
5-Bautista
6-Escobar
7-Rivera
8-Davis
9-Snider
DH-Encarnacion

Patterson
Macdonald
Molina
McCoy

(thames - Podsednik - Lawrie - Loewen will see time by June / Lawrie will be held back until July and will stick after that)

1- Romero
2- Morrow
3- Cecil
4- Drabek
5 - Rzepczynski

Litsch, Dotel, Camp, Frasor, Fransisco, Rauch, Villanueva, Janssen (insert JoJo when Frasor gets traded for AA prospect)

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The Prime Minister of Blogatronics (aka Half Man, Half-J-Maze-ing)

Rajai CF
Escobar SS
Bautista
Snider
Lind
Encarcion
Hill
Rivera
Arencibia C

Bench
JOhnny Mac
Jose Molina
Corey Patterson
Mike McCoy

I think Lawrie spends the year in AAA, then September call up.  Podsednik could take away Patterson's spot.  McCoy could lose his spot to Thames.

SP
Romero
Morrow
Cecil
Litsch
Drabek

Bullpen
Franscisco
Rauch
Dotel
Frasor
Camp

I love this one, it got pulled off my Rawlco Blog, not sure why really, I think this guy is handsome!

So there you have it, if you were hoping to get more jokes, and funny stuff out of this weeks blog, I am sorry, but sometimes real sports takes over my heart, and I can't help but write about it. Although I gots to say, those nicknames were pretty sweet!

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So, until next week,  Trojan Horse says "Go Jays Go!!" See ya'll next week.