The 2011 Blue Jays infield raises a number of questions. 12 games into the season, the Jays are a disappointing 6 and 6. Compare this record to their first 12 games of past seasons:
2010: 7 wins, 5 losses
2009: 8 wins, 4 losses
2008: 7 wins, 5 losses
2007: 7 wins, 5 losses
2006: 6 wins, 6 losses
The last time they started this slowly was 2006. I don’t have to remind any true Blue Jays fan of how that year ended. Sure, it may have been their best season in the last 10 years; they finished 2nd in the AL East to the Yankees, but they still finished 2nd, which is still losing. And that’s where this gets frightening. They were losers in 2006, and their infield barely resembles that of the 2006 season. Obviously this is the reason for their disappointing start. One has to wonder:
- Would that record be 8 and 4 if the Blue Jays had won 2 games instead of losing them?
- How much better would the Jays be if they hadn’t messed with a good thing, and kept double-machine
Lyle Overbay - What is new catcher J.P.Arencibia’s relationship to ex-GM J.P. Riccardi?
- Edwin Encarnacion… yes or no?
- Who the hell is Mike McCoy, and does he have the potential to dethrone Rance Mulliniks as the king of the hearts of Blue Jay fans?
All of these are valid questions, and all are answered after the jump:
