Nothing going right for this team right now. Arencibia now with a broken hand and will miss approximately six weeks. D'Arnaud isn't even an option to replace him...mind you I really love the job Jeff Mathis has done this year so I'm not too displeased about that.

Romero doesn't look like he's anywhere close to improving.

Ugh...bad time for us Jays fans.

Funny story....Ive been in Markham since last Monday on a course for work with some guys from out of town. Since they didn't play at home all last week and we couldn't go yesterday....(here's the funny part)....we went tonight.

They're straight eff'd. Although I still see it as a blessing in disguise...although I would have liked to see them deal JP....

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12 team H2H Keeper
G,A,PP,PIM,SOG
W,GAA,SV%,SO
C:Giroux,Zberg,Marleau,Kadri
LW:Ovi,Neal,Pach,Benn
RW:Perry,MSL,Wheeler
D:Yandle,Subban,Edler,OEL
G: Lundqvist,Miller,MAF

12 Team H2H
R,2b,3b,HR,RBI,AVG,SB,BB,K,E
W,L,SV,HLD,K,ERA,WHIP
C:Buck
1B:Santana
2B:Kipnis
3B:Zimmer
SS:Tulo
LF:Marte
CF:McCutch
RF:Pence
Util:Ozuna
SP:Cain,Moore,Latos,Kennedy,Ryu,Guthrie
RP:Henderson,Rivera,League,Gregerson,Herrera
DL:Hart,Anderson,Bailey

What else is funny is I live in Markham and I was at the Jays game yesterday (Tuesday) hahaha.

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Goalies: If I'm pickin em you best be sittin em!

It's really too bad about all the injuries this season as I think they could have had a reasonable shot at the 2nd wildcard. The Morrow injury was the biggest blow. And Romero is just completely lost out there. So those are your 1,2 starter spot that should otherwise be quality starts more often than not. Instead they have to put in bandaid after bandaid, and with the bullpen not being overly deep, it puts too much pressure on the offense.

Next year...

Johnson has got to go. I could live with him if he didn't strike out so much. Put the ball in play man. Hopefully Hechevarria is ready step into SS or 2b.

Snider will hopefully claim full time left field.

Morrow should establish himself as their ace. And hopefully Romero finds himself.

I know every team has their injuries, but when your rotation gets wipped out like that, you really cannot blame the team. Yes, AA could grab a top notch starter, but would that really help them catch teams such as Det or Chi, LAA, Oak, and pretty much all of the east? I say not even close. They need a couple and have now fallen too far back.
I say that Santos injury really messed things up for the bullpen, he was so brutal for the short time he pitched and then boom gone for the year. Speculation about did Chi deal damaged goods still makes me wonder.
The starter after starter going down and then ultimately Bautista and now JP with nothing more that a defensive first replacement. The bats will suffer and we already seen the pitching slide.
I liked the Hou deal for depth, but I think for Jays fans to be excited for next year, a big trade or two have to come down in the next week. Something to really set us up for next year. IMO, if it was not sealed before, JP's injury its sealed now. Sell some goods and continue to stock and if the opportunity comes along to grab a big named pitcher or two for a package, do it. Our bats and offence are not a problem for next year. The building and waiting time is over, and next year has to be the one.

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Roto 5x5 - 1 Yr - 23 active spots (14 hitters, any 9 pitchers) - 5 bench

C - M.Montero, Gattis; 1B - Pujols; 2B - Altuve; SS - A.Escobar; 3B - A.Ramirez; CI: Frazier; MI: Walker; OF: Holliday, Cruz, de Aza, Markakis, Dirks; UT: ; Span P - Cain, Cueto, Grienke, S.Miller, Milone, Cashner, T.Lyons, Romo, Betancourt; Bench - H.Bell, Grandal (S), Ogando (DL), Pineda (DL), Stanton (DL).

What the hell is wrong with Romero? That's my only question out of all of this.

Injuries happen. JP's out, big deal. The team wasn't going anywhere this year anyway. Let Mathis and Gomes play with D'Arnaud out (though it would have been a perfect opportunity to steal a job).

But when your #1 pitcher is healthy and consistently puts up crap numbers? What are you supposed to do??

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14 team, keep 20. H2H points
C Perez 1B Butler 2B Cano SS Tulo 3B Longoria OF Choo, J. Upton, ArciaBN/UTIL Sandoval, Konerko
SP- Hamels, Gallardo, Wainwright, Harvey
RP- Henderson, Murjica
BN- JZimm, Medlen, A. Sanchez, Lincecum, Fujikawa, Stanton(DL)
Minors- Dahl, Arcia, Springer, Lindor

12 team H2H, keeper
C Avila, Mcann
1B Fielder
2B Utley
SS Andrus
3B Wright
OF Bautista, Harper, Jennings, Crawford
SP Shields, Wainy, Wilson, Anderson
RP Soriano, Mujica
Bench - Brown, , Gyorko, Granderson(DL), Revere, Marcum, Garza(DL), Greinke(DL)
Minors d'Arnaud, Myers, Walker

Confidence just looks like it's wiped out completely...it's really sad. It's very noticeable too, he doesn't have the swagger that he used to.

He just doesn't look like he's confident in his capabilities...which can really mess up your control.

When your not confident especially as a pitcher it hinders your ability to pitch big time. I think next year they could be fairly decent though.

SP- Morrow
SP- Romero
SP- Alvarez
SP- Hutchinson
SP- Drabek/Laffey/Happ

C- Arencibia
1B- Encarnacion
2B- Johnson/Hechevarria
SS- Escobar
3B- Lawrie
LF- Snider/Gose/Davis/Thames (whoever claims the job)
CF- Rasmus
RF- Bautista
DH- Lind

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Straight Points keeper league. 4th year. Keep 5 Forwards,3 defence,1 goalie. *Keeper

F: Nicklas Backstrom*, Zach Parise*, Joe Thornton*, Mikko Koivu*, Jason Pominville*, Blake Wheeler, Joe Pavelski, Stephen Weiss, Derek Roy, Jakub Voracek, David Perron, David Krejci, Ryan Kesler

D: Mike Green*, Erik Karlsson*, Alex Pietrangelo*, Alex Goligoski, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Dion Phaneuf

G: Ryan Miller*, Tuukka Rask

Hoping that we see some upheaval on the starting rotation this summer.

I also expect D'Arnaud to be on the roster in the fall. He better be the can't miss prospect they have been talking about.

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12 team H2H Keeper
G,A,PP,PIM,SOG
W,GAA,SV%,SO
C:Giroux,Zberg,Marleau,Kadri
LW:Ovi,Neal,Pach,Benn
RW:Perry,MSL,Wheeler
D:Yandle,Subban,Edler,OEL
G: Lundqvist,Miller,MAF

12 Team H2H
R,2b,3b,HR,RBI,AVG,SB,BB,K,E
W,L,SV,HLD,K,ERA,WHIP
C:Buck
1B:Santana
2B:Kipnis
3B:Zimmer
SS:Tulo
LF:Marte
CF:McCutch
RF:Pence
Util:Ozuna
SP:Cain,Moore,Latos,Kennedy,Ryu,Guthrie
RP:Henderson,Rivera,League,Gregerson,Herrera
DL:Hart,Anderson,Bailey

The Blue Jays appear to be in perpetual "next year they'll be better" mode. Unless they spend some money or these prospects all turn out to be amazing, it's going to be damn hard to succeed.

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14 team, keep 20. H2H points
C Perez 1B Butler 2B Cano SS Tulo 3B Longoria OF Choo, J. Upton, ArciaBN/UTIL Sandoval, Konerko
SP- Hamels, Gallardo, Wainwright, Harvey
RP- Henderson, Murjica
BN- JZimm, Medlen, A. Sanchez, Lincecum, Fujikawa, Stanton(DL)
Minors- Dahl, Arcia, Springer, Lindor

12 team H2H, keeper
C Avila, Mcann
1B Fielder
2B Utley
SS Andrus
3B Wright
OF Bautista, Harper, Jennings, Crawford
SP Shields, Wainy, Wilson, Anderson
RP Soriano, Mujica
Bench - Brown, , Gyorko, Granderson(DL), Revere, Marcum, Garza(DL), Greinke(DL)
Minors d'Arnaud, Myers, Walker