By Todd Farino, http://www.thecloserreport.com/

Let me start this post by saying that the Blue Jays are a mess across the board.  Their offense and bullpen lack defined role players and their starting pitching lacks experience.  That being said, they have a whole bunch of possible closers with the addition of Kevin Gregg.  I've been stating that I don't think Scott Downs or Jason Frasor make good choices at closer for the Blue Jays.  Not only are both pitchers in the final year of there contracts, but Downs is better as a lefty specialist and Frasor as the primary setup man.
So what statement were the Blue Jays making by signing Gregg?  It's says allot.  First, management isn't confident in the backend of the bullpen and didn't like the choices they had at closer.  Granted Gregg isn't the best closer and has knee issues, he will at very least compete for the job and help formulate and credible backend for the Blue Jays bullpen.
I believe at this point the job is Gregg's to lose.  The Blue Jay's got the man they wanted.  I veteran closer who if healthy can be a reliable 30 save closer.  The problem for fantasy owners is he will never get that many saves.  I  project 22 saves for Gregg and only 27 save opportunities for the Blue Jays as a whole.  The Blue Jays just lack offensive support to give them late inning leads.

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