American League East
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| Expect Jose Reyes to be scoring very often batting at the top of the revamped Blue Jays lineup |
1. Toronto Blue Jays
Key Acquisitions:
SS Jose Reyes, OF Melky Cabrera, IF Emilio Bonifacio, SP Mark Buehrle, SP Josh Johnson, SP R.A. Dickey
Key Losses:
No team will put out such a drastically different opening day lineup than the Blue Jays. The blockbuster trade with the Marlins in which they acquired Jose Reyes, Emilio Bonifacio, Mark Buehrle and Josh Johnson, as well as trading for 2012 NL Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey and signing Melky Cabrera have made the Blue Jays the trendy pick to leap the standings in the East and capture their first division title since 1993.
Why they will win the East: The new three headed monster of Dickey, Buehrle and Johnson will form a top of the rotation that will reek of the Phillies, circa 2011. Also, Melky Cabrera's bounce back from steroid suspension and the growth of Brett Lawrie will be important for the offense.
Why they will flop: Dickey struggles in transitioning to the American League, Mark Buehrle shows he can't get people out with an 84 MPH fastball, Melky Cabrera returns to his pre-PED days and Edwin Encarnacion proves his breakout 2012 was a statistical outlier.
Projected Lineup:
SS Jose Reyes
LF Melky Cabrera
RF Jose Bautista
1B Edwin Encarnacion
DH Adam Lind
3B Brett Lawrie
CF Colby Rasmus
C JP Arencibia
2B Maicer Izturis/Emilio Bonifacio
Projected Rotation:
RA Dickey
Mark Buehrle
Josh Johnson
Brandon Morrow
Ricky Romero
