Honestly I understand the need to spread the money and get a good all-around bullpen, but its like Rogers came into this Offseason wanting to bulldoze any interest the casual fan might have in the Blue Jays. I'll admit I don't know the most about baseball, but why on god's green earth would you take a team with this much offensive power and do so little to help them? Happ's signing is not encouraging at all, it's a giant risk, the comments from Price only make his departure sting even more, and nothing has been done to address the bottom end of the Jays batting rotation which played its own role in costing the Jays games. Are contact hitters that rare to come across? Did you really need Smoak that bad? Why not hang onto Lowe? He was solid for us.
The GM search is even more frustrating, why Atkins? Nothing in his resume jumps out as a great GM or teambuilder. Just mindboggling. But its Rogers and SPORTSNET needs those Hockey Night in Canada viewers, better kill any interest in another sport to make sure hockey fans stay tuned to the TV. If anyone could point me to some resources to better understand baseball, or baseball teambuilding, please do share. It seemed like an interesting sport to watch once I got a grasp of the numbers but I'd be lying if I said this offseason hasn't killed my interest.
