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Blue Jays lapped the field. At +2. 21, the nearest American League team was the Astros (+1. Cardinals (+1. 22) were tops in the National League. Of course run differential isn’t everything — even leaving aside October, I mean — but the Jays also paced the majors in Base.
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Runs and third- order winning percentage. If you don’t know exactly what that means, please trust me: What it means is that aside from wins and losses (and October), the Jays did more good things than anybody else this year. Which is both a mark of distinction and predictor of success. For the players involved, anyway. For the Blue Jays, the problem is that a bunch of those players aren’t contractually bound to the club for next season. Now, the lineup’s basically set.
There will be some tinkering, perhaps. But for the most part, the guys you saw last week will be the same guys you see next spring. The only worries there are durability, as some guys who hadn’t usually been healthy were healthy for most of the season. And it does seem unlikely that Josh Donaldson, Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion will again combine for 1. Still, these are quibbles. The Jays led the majors in scoring this year, and they should be up there again next year.
It’s the pitching that makes it impossible, right now, to say anything except that the Jays should be good next year. For great, management’s got a ton of work to do this winter.
At the end of the regular season, the rotation would have looked like this is rearranged in order of talent: 1. Marco Estrada. Or you can move Estrada up a couple of slots if you like. It doesn’t really matter much. Just don’t be fooled by his 3. ERA, or that start against the Royals last week; Estrada figures to give you innings but not much else.
Anyway, here’s the Blue Jays’ rotation right now, assuming they exercise their option on Dickey and make a qualifying offer to Estrada: 1. Drew Hutchison. Buehrle’s retired or maybe he hasn’t retired, but there’s no telling where he’ll pitch, if he pitches. Price is (famously) a free agent this winter, and there’s no telling where he’ll land. Maybe Toronto, maybe not.
Meanwhile, the Jays don’t have any hot prospects who are coming up soon. They did have two, but traded one to the Tigers for Price and the other to the Rockies for Troy Tulowitzki. This year in Triple- A, the Jays’ best pitchers were 3.
Jeff Francis and 3. Randy Wolf. Which is why Sanchez is heading back to the rotation, even though he’s never pitched more than 9. Which isn’t to say Sanchez can’t thrive in the rotation. He just hasn’t yet shown the ability to do that. It’s worth mentioning that the Jays were actually playing quite well before Price came aboard in late July. So they can win without him, or with something like him. It’s just a little harder to win a lot without him.
At this point, we can say the Cubs will have one of the most talented teams in the National League for the next few years, absent a bunch of serious injuries. I’m not sure we can say that about the Blue Jays in the American League. We can say they’ll be good next year, and predicting a postseason berth right now wouldn’t be terribly out of line. But I wouldn’t make them big favorites to repeat as East champs unless they grab a big- time starting pitcher this winter.
The Jays were legitimately great in 2. But they’re not yet great, on paper, in 2. Just too many question marks in that rotation.