ESPN.com: MLB – Jays vs. Rays: the AL least
Okay, maybe this is picky. Maybe especially so because the ESPN.com transaction page has been down all week. But Rob Neyer’s column, a putative position by position comparison of the Blue Jays and Devil Rays, lists Homer Bush as the BJ second baseman and Bobby Smith as the DR third baseman.
Both were released by their respective teams this week and is it wrong to think that a daily column should reflect this? Well, to be less persnikity, I have to admit that if he’d known it the column would have reflected it. Nuff said.
In any case, what is shocking and appropriate about the comparison is the fact that the Toronto pitching staff has been absolutely awful. Preseason touts were crazy for Chris Carpenter and Roy Halladay and Luke Prokopec, but only Halladay has shown any grit.
And while fantasy owners who bet on Brandon Lyon or Brian Cooper have been soundly thrashed, the bigger question is: What should I do about it?
The answer is bail, if you can. There is no way to recover from guys putting up a 6.11 ERA the way Brandon Lyon has. But don’t look too closely at that 1.30 WHIP. Only Halladay’s is better on the Blue Jays among starters. And it’s that temptation that will either fuel a Lyon turnaround or drive you batty all the way into the basement.