Jon Morosi

And much as Craig Council did the same thing when he moved from Milwaukee to Chicago.

that Alex wanted to sort of set the market without leaving.

And that's exactly what he did.

And he got that team last year to the post season when they really didn't have much business being there.

When you really look at it, how many injuries they had and the pitching situations that they went through.

They have had, in a similar way to the Jays, a bit of a bizarre start to the season.

I referenced the Anthony defensive struggles.

Pitching-wise, Crochet has gotten off to an uneven start.

It's been a strange beginning to the year.

And they should be better than they are.

I think eventually they will get there.

But...

To me, it has been a concerning start, more of an anomaly in different ways than it is an indictment of the job that Alex is doing, at least in my opinion.

And he...

It is odd.

And on opening day, Kevin, I'm glad you mentioned it that way.

Because opening day, I was in Cincinnati.

So the day before I was in Toronto with you, I was in Cincinnati with Red Sox and Reds.

And Alex just said how many times he said, we're going to have a much better defensive team.

I hated the way that we played defense last year.