How do you like this!?!

1B Randy Ruiz
2B Aaron Hill
SS Marco Scutaro
3B Chone Figgins
DH Carlos Delgado
CF Milton Bradley
LF Jason Bay
RF Adam Lind
C Rod Barjas

Bench
Jose Bautista
John MacDonald
Travis Snyder

Starting Rotation

Roy Halladay
John Lackey
Shaun Marcum
Ricky Romero
Mark Z

Bullpen

Jason Frasor
Set up: Scott Downs
Jeremy Accardo
Brett Cecil
Scott Richmond
Jesse Carlson

Closer: Josh Roenicke

Traded Out: Vernon Wells, Lyle Overbay, Edwin Encarnacion, Brad Mills, Casey Janson.

Traded In: Milton Bradley

Signed: John Lackey, Halladay (extension), Barajas, Scutaro, Chone Figgins, Jason Bay.

So did you release Tallet and McGowan or what ??

Where's the long man? Where did Delgado come from? He playing for free?

" How do you like this!?! "

Your plan is both impossible and not good.

Wells is immovable

It's Snider, and putting him on the bench is just plain dumb. What the he.ll is the point?

Adam Lind at RF?

I Don't want Cecil to be in the pen

And I don't think we're getting Bay, Figgins or Lackey unless we ridiculously overpay. It's just a pipe dream.

If we can get a good deal on Mr. Delgado that would be great! But something tells me that he may go for a little bit more then we will want to pay him.

Don't like adding

Lackey, Delgado, Bay and Figgens

seems unrealistic and so costly we won't be able to resign some of our younger players like Lind when the time comes.

I don't like Rod at C... too costly in picks and cash... use Chavez

don't like Roenick at closer yet... maybe some day.. but not now.

REALLY don't like having Snider on the bench... why the heck would we do that? Give him AB's no matter where he ends up

I don't know how you are trading out Wells... just don't know how

Come on, Snider on the bench? He's the future of this team.

Also the type of money you are speding on bay delgado and figgins you can invest in one heck of a power hitting 1B which is what we need and then you can try Ruiz at DH. You could probably still add an above average outfielder with the Halladay trade.

Lol @ anyone complaining about that team. The real criticism is how incredibly unrealistic this plan is.

Ah yes, finally some comic relief from all the serious baseball talk that goes on here.

Guys it was one of the kid's first 2 posts, cut him some slack :P

Bradley in CF? The pitchers on the team would come up with fake injuries to make sure they don't have to take the mound with him in center.

C Ramon Hernandez
1B Adam LaRoche
2B Aaron Hill
3B Edwin Encarncion
SS Marco Scutaro
LF Travis Snider
CF Vernon Wells
RF Brad Hawpe
DH Adam Lind

Bench:

BN Craig Counsell (2B,3B,SS)
BN Ryan Spilborghs (LF,CF,RF)
BN Jose Bautista (3B,1B,RF,LF)
BN Josh Bard (C)

Starting Rotation

SP Roy Halladay
SP Ricky Romero
SP Rich Harden
SP Shaun Marcum
SP Mark Rzepczynski

Bullpen:

Brian Tallet
Jesse Carlson
Jeremy Accardo
Josh Roenicke
Jason Frasor
Scott Downs
Dustin McGowan (CL)

lol just having fun with this...

Whew ! you had me worried there. LOL

McGowan as closer is an interesting idea.

.....but not new. The jays will have to determine how much load McGowan can handle should he make it back at all.

lineup:
ss-hardy
cf-wells
2b-hill
dh-lind
1b-ruiz
3b-ee
rf-hawpe
c-hernandez
lf-snider

bench
dh/1bdopriak
of-hermida
c-chavez
ss-angel sanchez or matt gamel think he plays ss as well

starting rotation:
halladay
marcum
romero
free agent
czep

how we got:
matt gamel and hardy for cecil and league.maybe throw in richmond
hernandez signed.
brad hawpe for david purcey and prospect.

i personally think this are all possible but who knows where the bluejays are headed.

Brad Hawpe would cost a lot more then David Purcey and a prospect. Hawpe is under control for two more seasons, at a respectable contract. The A's traded Carlos Gonzalez, Huston Street and Greg Smith for just one year of Matt Holiday. The price with Hawpe is going to be expensive. I'm guessing something along the lines of Brett Cecil, Brandon League, plus another decent mid-level prospect. If the Blue Jays are competing for next season, I think trading for Hawpe would be a great move. He would fill a hole in right field and would give the Blue Jays a solid impact bat for the middle of the lineup. Plus you could keep Snider in left and DH Lind.

``brad hawpe for david purcey and prospect.``

I swear to God the IQ of this forum just drops more and more everyday.

That's not the lineup I'd make one through nine lol, I just listed the hitters at their positions.

I think the 25 man roster I put out there isn't all that bad. I didn't want to get into details on who's traded for whom, etc. Though if the Blue Jays went with that roster to Texas on Opening Day, that's not that bad of a team.

LaRoche gives the Blue Jays 25-30 HR power at first base. He shouldn't cost that much on the market this offseason. He would be a cheap source of power, which is something the Blue Jays need.

I think Brad Hawpe is one of the most underrated hitters in all of baseball. He could put up monster numbers every season. He was amazing in 2007, hitting 29 HR's with 116 RBI's. Sure his HR and RBI totals were a bit low this season, though look at his .OBP, .SLG and .OPS. He's a terrific hitter and would be a great fit in the Blue Jays lineup.

As for Dustin McGowan as the closer, if he's healthy I'd give him a look there. Worst case scenario, you have Downs or Frasor to replace him. Most of the successful closers today were starters coming up. McGowan has the stuff to let it all out in the ninth. The concern is his health as you mentioned.