Saturday, March 9, 2013

From the top

Lots of people are excited about the Blue Jays this year. You can include Toronto slugger Jose Bautista in that group.

To start with, he likes the make-over at the top of the batting order.

?People with high on-base percentage and low strikeout rates at the top of the lineup is always good, especially when they can run like Jose [Reyes] and Melky [Cabrera] can,? Bautista said in a recent interview with mlb.com. ?They?re going to set the table for us. The better they do, the better that Edwin [Encarnacion] and Adam [Lind] and I will be able to drive runs in.?

Reyes, in particular, Bautista said, gives the Jays something they have lacked.

?We haven?t had a true leadoff guy here since [Marco] Scutaro left. ? With Reyes, we have the whole package, which is going to be huge.?

Having a bunch of new players won?t be any problem either, Bautista said, when it comes to that team chemistry thing you read about in sports stories all the time.

?The sense I get from meeting all of these guys is ? they?re all major-league, established players. They?re not out to make a name for themselves, they?re not prideful players where they?re going to take their personal stats over team wins. I think everyone here has the same goal in mind, and that?s winning games and hopefully going to the World Series and being world champions. Because of those reasons, I don?t think team chemistry is going to be an issue at all.?

Source: http://www.csnbaltimore.com/blog/orioles-talk/bautista-likes-how-jays-will-take-it-top

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