1.Build with Youth: The Toronto Blue Jays have had problems maintaining with the Yankees and Red Sox cap restrictions, that they have gone the more structured and less expensive way to rebuild a team. To build a core through the farm has worked for teams recently. I.E. Tampa Bay, Texas and World Series Champions SanFrancisco last year had their entire Starting Rotation come up through the system and a rookie named Buster Posey. The Jays have gone young parting way with vets Scott Downs, Brian Tallet, Kevin Gregg along with used-to-be cornerstones Roy Halladay, Vernon Wells and Alex Rios for this kind of makeover. It's clear with TOP 50 prospects Kyle Drabek, Anthony Gose, J.P Arencibeia and Brett Lawrie that it's not who will be here to help the Jays it's just a matter of when. With one of the youngest Starting Rotations in baseball it is up to the 4 of: Romero, Cecil, Morrow and Drabek to help the Jays do something they haven’t been able to, and that is compete for a playoff spot.
2. Coaching+ Manager: Whether it be the late great George Steinbraineur and Joe Torre, the young Theo Epstein and Terry Francona or the most recent duo to have success; San Francisco Bruce Bochy and GM Brian Sabean, teams cannot win without the partnership of a good coach and GM.The intangibles of a good coaching staff and Manager are far more important then any one players ability. The Coaching staff spend every day during an 8-9 month period, working on fielding, hitting and ultimately watching them grow into professional players. Alex Anthopoulous has done a marvelous job of surrounding himself and his team with not just great coaches but great people. Bringing in former Boston Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell to manage the team and to solidify the young rotation. Farrell joins a list of names that include Bruce Walton, Don Wakamatsu, Dwayne Murphy and Pat Hentgen. All have either coached, played or been at a high level of baseball for some time.
3. Talent: Teams need talent on their team to win, plain and simple. Fortunately for the Jays, the quality of talent is on such an up rise that the club felt it was time to part ways with Gold Glove Winner Vernon Wells. With quality seasons from Ricky Romero, Brandon Morrow and Brett Cecil and a superb season from Jose Bautista the Jays have paved a way for success. Add in double play partners Aaron Hill and Yunel Escobar, and the potential for players like Travis Snider, Kyle Drabek and J.P. Arencebia has left a feeling in the Jays locker room that has not been their for some time. A drive to not only win but compete with the best. To say the Jays lack talent on their team would be an understatement. They led the majors last year in Homeruns with 257, fifty-four of them coming from reigning homerun king Jose Bautista. 1-9 in the lineup the Jays show pop, its just a matter of getting more people on base for the homeruns.
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