As the Blue Jays 2016 season nears, we’re changing gears here at Jays Journal. Our list of the top-30 Blue Jays prospects wrapped up yesterday with stud outfielder Anthony Alford claiming the top spot, so now, the focus will be shifting to previewing the major league club.
Player by player, we will be going through the projected roster (and slightly beyond) to project what could go wrong, what could go right, and how the coming year might play out.
The first name drawn for this new daily feature is right-handed starter Marco Estrada, who enters 2016 with a heightened sense of responsibility after signing a two-year, $26 million contract after a breakout season.