The Blue Jays have signed a three-year, $36 million deal with a starting pitcher who has put up a 4.97 ERA over three big league seasons in pitcher-friendly Seattle, and it’s actually kind of awesome.
I do like the Kikuchi signing and think he could be sneaky good, however, the tweet about the 2020 rotation is a good reminder of best laid plans and what not.
We now know how it ended but I recall going into that year and there was a lot of optimism that they had put together a decent pitching staff. Roark, Anderson and Yamaguchi came in with at least a little bit of mojo.
Again, I like the Kikuchi deal, but maybe a good reminder (for myself as much as anyone) that something will go wrong. One of the starters will get hurt or disappoint...or something, and soon enough we'll all pretend like the excitement we had for Player X never really happened.
I do like the Kikuchi signing and think he could be sneaky good, however, the tweet about the 2020 rotation is a good reminder of best laid plans and what not.
We now know how it ended but I recall going into that year and there was a lot of optimism that they had put together a decent pitching staff. Roark, Anderson and Yamaguchi came in with at least a little bit of mojo.
Again, I like the Kikuchi deal, but maybe a good reminder (for myself as much as anyone) that something will go wrong. One of the starters will get hurt or disappoint...or something, and soon enough we'll all pretend like the excitement we had for Player X never really happened.
We'll likely never know, but once all the transactions are finished, I wonder how they would have played out if there had been no lockout.
A Kikuchi-coup. I'm tickled.