BACK TO WORK

Hey everyone. I started back to work this week and it's been hitting me hard lol. I'll be laying it down more next week and get back to the blog. Thanks for still coming by.

THE LINE UP

Hey everyone! I hope we all had a good and profitable weekend. Last week I got my rocks off when the MLB started and I'm still loving it. Today I want to talk about the Toronto Bluejays line up. Like I said before my team is the White Sox but I will always have a soft spot for the team that made me fall in love with the game of baseball at a young age. Ok so if we start off with the top of the line up we got Rajai Davis. For the first time since the Shannon Stewart years, we have a legitimate lead off hitter. This guy is crazy quick and if he can consistently get on base, look for the 2-4 spots to get a ton of fastballs. More fastballs can only be a good thing for a young Yunel Escobar. Hitting in the #2 spot this year will do him good. Also with fantastic speed this kid possesses a great eye and moderate power. look for him to have a big year. Now the #3 spot needs no introduction. Jose Bautista is arguably the one of the best hitters in the game today. Always a home run threat with a decent 3 spot average. It will be hard to do what he did last year but I think 30-40 home runs is a very realistic possibility. Bautista's success will be largely effected by how Adam Lind performs. If Lind gets back to the way he was 2 years ago, it will be a lot harder to pitch around Jose. I'm a little worried about him thinking about his new defensive spot to much and letting up on the bat. Only time will tell how he works out this year. Aaron Hill in the 5th spot is another player that's looking to have a bounce back year. After a year of sub par play Hill knows he needs to perform this year to sign that contract extension. Edwin Encarnacion has come into the spring in the best shape of his career. Hitting 20+ home runs last year with limited at bats, leaves me with high hopes. His defence still worries me, having 2 errors already in the first 3 games. Travis Snider has one of the best moustaches I've ever seen lol. If someone could just teach him to hit an off speed pitch, he would be a legit big league hitter. The pitchers around the league know he mashes fastballs, so all he tends to get now are alot of off speed junk. The good thing is that he is young and has lots of time to work on that. He will get a bunch of playing time this season due to the fact he has a great arm and is very comfortable in the field if he can stay healthy.  Its looking like Juan Rivera will be the DH for most of the year.  This guy is capable of hitting 25-35 home runs a year if he can stay healthy. Finally hitting in the 9 spot is one of the best young prospects in the game today in J.P Arencibia. This kid tosses ropes from behind the plate and can hit like a young Pudge. At the age of 24, this kid has played in the spotlight his whole life. I don't see the pressure of the big league stage getting to him much. In a few days ill lay it down on the pitching staff. There's just to many good things to say and I want to see how they do their second start. Thanks for checking me out (totally straight). GL on your picks and plays !

FINALLY BASEBALL HAS STARTED !!!!

I don't know if any ones more excited about the start of the baseball season than I am lol. Played it my whole life, love watching it and this sport makes me a ton of money. Now I'm a big Chicago White Sox fan and have been for years but I will always have a soft spot for the Toronto Blue Jays. I'm from the hammer so I guess ya could say there like my home team. Tonight was there home opener and they went off on the twins winning 13-3. Everything was clicking, aggressive base running, timely hitting, great pitching and a stellar defence. Now I have seen this time and time again. They start the first 1/4 of the season off killing it and than boom goes the dynamite, half there lineup get injured and they lose 2 key starters and stink it up. This is why I'm not going to go all crazy yet on how there going to contend for the AL EAST. With teams like the NY Yankees, Boston Red Sox, and the Tampa Bay Rays in the division it's going to be a tough climb to the top. Young healthy unknown starters could be the best or worst thing for them. Young players looking to prove them self's in the bigs could be a big motivator to pitch well. Also for the first few starts there may not be a huge scouting report of some of them. On the other hand can they keep there shit together when they step on the hill against a team like the Yankees or Red Sox. This team kinda reminds me a little bit like the Tampa Bay Rays a few years back with a bunch of young arms, some speed and a few big bats tossed in there for the bombs. All and all I think if they can stay healthy, keep there young arms fresh, be aggressive on the base paths , and keep getting that timely hitting they got a real good shot to contend this year. In the next week I'm going to do a little write up on the pitching staff and what not. Stay tuned for more!