Buds Board Keepers League

Not a Jays fan, but excited nonetheless to be taking in the first games of Spring training.

...Also very excited by the promising start of Morrow

Bonafacio/Izturis 1-2 combo is also very pesty to deal with as well.... even without Reyes the lineup looks sick. Will Lawrie really bolster our 3rd hitter spot this year??

Izturis is a good glove, wouldn't count on much offense. Nice guy to have in the clubhouse too, still can't buy into Lawrie but I have undeniable biases as well.

inc - Boston Red Sox will be 5th in the division.

If you had it, I'd bet you your 1st they're not

1 - Tampa Bay Rays
2 - New York Yankees
3 - Toronto Blue Jays
4 - Baltimore Orioles
5 - Boston Red Sox

Book it

gooker wroteCOLONBonafacio/Izturis 1-2 combo is also very pesty to deal with as well.... even without Reyes the lineup looks sick. Will Lawrie really bolster our 3rd hitter spot this year??

Doubt Lawrie willl hit 3 man, if anything I could see him and possiblly rasmus challenging for that 2 spot but my guess is the lineup looks something like this to start the year (with 6-8 being fairly interchangable):

reyes
cabrera
bautista
encarnation
lind
lawrie
arencibia
rasmus
bonafacio

gooker wroteCOLON1 - Tampa Bay Rays
2 - New York Yankees
3 - Toronto Blue Jays
4 - Baltimore Orioles
5 - Boston Red Sox

Book it

Naw man! division is gonna be:

Jays
Rays
Yanks
Sox
Orioles

Sensfanjosh wroteCOLONIzturis is a good glove, wouldn't count on much offense. Nice guy to have in the clubhouse too, still can't buy into Lawrie but I have undeniable biases as well.

Izturis produces league average offense from 2B or thereabouts.

gooker wroteCOLONBonafacio/Izturis 1-2 combo is also very pesty to deal with as well.... even without Reyes the lineup looks sick. Will Lawrie really bolster our 3rd hitter spot this year??

What the hell are you talking about, Paul?

I was only just commenting on today's grapefruit league game lineup. It was Bonafacio - Izturis - Lawrie for 1-2-3

Then why did you say, "will Lawrie really bolster our 3rd hitter spot this year???"

Just wasn't sure if that's for permanent but you're right, there pretty much isn't anybody else other than Bautista

John Gibbons has already said that: Jose Reyes, Melky Cabrera, Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion will be the top 4 in the lineup.

Aidan wroteCOLON

gooker wroteCOLON1 - Tampa Bay Rays
2 - New York Yankees
3 - Toronto Blue Jays
4 - Baltimore Orioles
5 - Boston Red Sox

Book it

Naw man! division is gonna be:

Jays
Rays
Yanks
Sox
Orioles

This guy knows what's up - gooker is crazy.

Let's be realistic, men.

Tampa Bay/Toronto/New York are interchangeable, anyone who remarks that one is definitively ahead of the other is out to lunch, they all project similarly.

so.. how is our bbkl baseball league =( everyone's all excited then it seems like no one wanna do it anymore!!! where's the passion???

hockey came back, lol

KapG wroteCOLONhockey came back, lol

stupid hockey...
argh.. what am i saying