J.A. Happ named Jays five starter

With a week left until the Jays watch the live bullets start flying next Tuesday they have finally ended the controversy by announcing their five starter to open the season and his name is J.A. Happ who out performed Ricky Romero for the position. This move is probably for the best for the Jays as Happ has more to prove than Romero as he is fighting for his big deal as an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season and just like Josh Johnson he will be very focused and trying to do as well as possible to get the most money possible. Soon to be free agents have some of their best career seasons and it is likely that at the bottom of the order stuck between Johnson in the four slot and R.A. Dickey and his knuckles at the top of the order it is the perfect spot to put Happ. Another thing about J.A. Happ is that when he pitched with the Phillies and had 14-5 record over parts of four seasons and was 12-4 in his only full season with the Phillies and then went to Houston and went 28-39 over 2 and a half seasons and had his ERA jump quickly from mid 3's to 4's and 5's. The thing with this is very simple as Phillies pitching staff is professional men and Houston was not so professional kids and he fell into the black hole that has been the Houston Astros and the Jays pitching staff are men instead of kids especially Mark Buehrle who will set the tone for the Jays this season. On the other hand the open day starter for the Jays last season Ricky Romero has been sent down to single A just like Roy Halliday did just before he won his first Cy Young award in 2003. So it will hopefully be a positive experience for Ricky so he can get his confidence and get back to the kind of pitcher he was in 2010 when he was 15 and 11 with a 2.92 ERA and ended up with a couple of CY Young award votes. Finally this is the best decision for the Jays to make as Toronto Fans for whatever reason love to have escape goats and if Ricky was up with the team even if the Jays were rolling but Romero was not than the fans would boo him off the field and boo him when he throws a ball or serves up a juicy one. so hopefully Ricky goes down to single A ball and put up solid numbers and have a positive vibe when he returns to the Jays rotation and just goes out and performs well for the Jays so he can rebuild his career and hopefully becomes a strong starter for the Jays for seasons to come. I hope Lawrie does not become a escape goat in T.O. Tom Mehegan