Blue Jays Pitching 2006-2007

The Toronto Blue Jays pitching situation is not as weak as one may think and with certain tweaking could put the Jays over the threshold and into the playoffs. The one intangible that teams such as the Blue Jays depend on is health. The money that they shouldn't spend on pitching should be spent on glaring needs at SS and locking down a catcher. All of these predictions and ramifications go out the window as soon as a star goes down. The Jays do not have the funding to be able to get an Abreau, Javy Lopez or Greg Maddux when someone is hurt. As we saw in 2006, the situation in Syracuse has to stay in Syracuse and there is very little there worth bringing to the north shore of the lake. Players at replacement level are harder to find in Syracuse than they should be. This is something that JP needs to address on his own. First of all the Jays have arguably the best bookend pitchers in the Major League. Roy Halladay is in rarified air as a truly dominant starting pitcher a...