Assuming there aren't any trades, I think James' projection for Lind will be the most accurate based on his minor league numbers and flashes in the majors.  The slump when he was first called up and the slump to finish the year hurt Lind's final line.  Lind seemed to suffer from the Giambi effect in 2008 as well, hitting .292/.331/.450 when playing LF but only .231/.242/.385 as a DH.  I hope Gaston and Ricciardi take that into account when filling out their roster.

I also think James' projection for Rolen will be the most accurate, but with only around 400 or so plate appearances.  Snider will probably start the year in AAA, unless Overbay or Lind are dealt.

Not a single player predicted to slug over .500. Im going to say that doesnt happen this year. Rios is going to have a bounceback year. He struggled for quite some time and still put up decenct numbers. Im saying he hits well over .300, (.310-.320) and hits 25-30Hrs.

The Jays' site has Jean Machi off the 40-man to make room for Janssen and Hill. I guess that is good news in that others have passed him on the depth chart. All that talk the last two years about keeping a live arm around was much ado about nothing. I like seeing 10 out of 25 pitchers are left handed. Those lefties that can get out right handed hitters allow the manager a lot more flexibility and negates teams breaking up their power lefty bats. Does anyone want to second guess dumping Russ Adams instead? The link is here:

http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/team/roster_40man.jsp?c_id=tor

Anyone have problems with the roster construction? It looks to me that there is going to be some bullpen competition for the lefty spots if Downs is going to the rotation and Tallet moved.

Prior to the 2006 season, there was optimism abound for the Blue Jays. They signed AJ and BJ to contracts that covered their prime years, acquired Overbay when he still looked like he had some upside, acquired a still-productive Glaus and took a one year flier on Molina at a below market rate. Other than AJ's injuries, all of those acquisitions looked excellent at the time. The Jays had 5 All Stars. For the most part, they had no bad contracts on a $70 million roster. But JP had virtually none of his own homegrown talent and the holes at SS and in their rotation beyond Roy and AJ were exposed.

Then in 2007, Marcum, McGowan, Janssen, Accardo, Litsch, Hill all have great years and the future looks semi-bright considering none of them were anywhere near freee agency...but Wells, Glaus, Overbay etc take steps back. JP asserts that injuries were the only thing that held them back (this was certainly part of the problem, but not all of it).

2008 is frustrating as heck...I'm of the opinion that the Jays had above average injury luck (our top 6 starters made virtually all of our starts and even when guys like Hill were hurt, replacements like Inglett lessened the blow). The Jays fall to fourth in their division, though an analysis of scheduling/division inequalities shows that they were probably around the 6th best team in the majors (after the Rays, Red Sox, Yanks, Angels and Cubs). A ridiculously good run differential still gets them nowhere near the playoffs. Their rotation is left in shambles for the 2009 season (JP can still fix this of course). On the farm, a franchise propsect (Snider) and two bluechip prospects (Cecil, JPA) emerge and provide hope for the future...but the early projections look like another 85 win season....just think, if JP were either in another division or had spent his first 4 drafts drafting the way he has for the last 3 drafts, there might have been a sniff at the playoffs somewhere in here...and, once again, barring a miracle, it seems Jays fans will once again have to cling to hope...

My concern with Bradley isn't his attitude or his ability to hit it's his durability.  In 9 seasons he's only had more than 500 at bats once (516 in 2004), and only more than 400 at bats once (414 last year)

The Jays' brass must believe that if used as a DH the likelihood of injury would diminish, since Bradley has spent most of his career in the outfield.

then who do the Jays offer up to their favourite trading partner to get Crosby ? 

How about nobody?  He has one year left on his contract that is more expensive than Scutaro's -- and he hasn't been as healthy or as good as Scutaro for four years.