Reflections on the Blue Jays

Greetings from the Great White North and man is it ever white this year. I’m sure this is the worst winter in the last several years. I’m Rincewind and a great guy named Hugo and I run a blog called Bluebird Banter where we blather on and on about the Toronto Blue Jays. It is time for our monthly check in here at Baseball Reflections. A couple of weeks into spring training (the spring part is just a rumor around here) and the big question for the Jays ‘who will get the 4th and 5th spots in the starting rotation?’ is no closer to being answered. The first three in the rotation are pretty much set, Roy Halladay, Jesse Litsch and David Purcey will get those spots. The 4 and 5 will be filled by two of Scott Richmond, Matt Clement, Mike Maroth, Casey Janssen or prospects Brett Cecil, Brad Mills and Ricky Romero. Actually you can take Maroth’s name off the list, he was a long shot at best and now he has a knee injury that he is trying to pitch through. Add to that he was shelled in ...