While watching tonight's game, I couldn't help but feel that the Jays are trying to win games with one hand tied behind their collective backs. They just aren't very good and there are a number of players who are in roles they can't handle. I welcome readers to give their own opinions/gripes, here are mine ...
1) David Cooper - 20 games in a AAA hitter's paradise is supposed to erase 2 season of mediocre production at AA? Cooper isn't a great prospect and the evidence of the past week shows that he's the most over-matched Blue Jay since Joey Lawrence. The Jays are obviously monkeying with Snider's service time, as there is no way Cooper deserves a spot on this team ahead of Travis.
2) Corey Patterson - the witching hour is about to strike. We are likely to see a whole bunch of whiffs from the man who has never been able to command the strike-zone. He takes bad routes in the outfield (Victor Martinez's fly ball should have been an easy out) and he's on the wrong side of 30 as far as base stealing ability is concerned. I would accept him as a 5th outfielder, to pinch run and start once a week against a right-hander without a good strikeout pitch, but as an everyday centerfielder he is going to kill the team.
3) Jose Molina - he's not a good defensive catcher, but everyone will say that he is because he can't hit.. He's 35 and has lost whatever agility he once had behind the plate. He should be strictly a day-game-after-night-game catcher, not a 2-3 starts a week personal catcher. Trading away Napoli looks worse and worse by the day.
4) Edwin Encarnacion - as soon as Nix comes back, I would D.F.A him. He's one of the most undisciplined hitters on the team and has no defensive position. The act the front office put on at the beginning of the season, stating EE could handle 3B every day, was a comical farce.
Bonus gripe: Reyes to the bullpen; Rzepy or Villanueva can start until Cecil is deemed ready to return.
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