n the final days of spring training, Toronto Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston was asked to assess the performance of Scott Richmond, who coughed up nine hits and six runs to Detroit over six innings of work in his last start.
"Not too bad," was the even-keeled Gaston's response. "Hopefully he gets his control down and we'll see what happens [in his first regular-season start] in Cleveland."
Staying patient, which has never been an issue with the 65-year-old skipper in his three stints in Toronto, probably will have to be Gaston's biggest strength throughout the 2009 season, which could be filled with more bad days than good.
Toronto finished in a tie for second with five other teams in fielding percentage last season with a 98.6 per cent success rate.
Overbay, at first base, was tops among Blue Jays regulars with a .997 fielding percentage.
Rolen, a seven-time Gold Glove winner at third base, finished at .964. He made just 11 errors in 115 games.
The best-case scenario has the Blue Jays battling for the wild card, but plenty has to go right. Starting pitchers Romero and Richmond will have to be more like Dustin McGowan and Shaun Marcum and less like Tomo Ohka and Victor Zambrano.
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