It was the Marlins who had great expectations in 2012 after signing Jose Reyes and Mark Buehrle in the offseason. They failed to come anywhere close to those expectations, though.
Now it's the Toronto Blue Jays who've acquired Reyes and Buehrle, along with Josh Johnson, R.A. Dickey and Melky Cabrera and entered the 2013 season with championship aspirations. And like the Marlins, they're off to a disappointing start. To make matters worse, Reyes could miss three months with an ankle injury.
Buehrle (7.31 ERA), Dickey (5.82 ERA) and Johnson (6.91 ERA) might be better than their inflated ERAs indicate due to each having one really bad start (Buehrle has had two poor starts), but none of the three look like the No. 1 starter they've been in the past so far.
Reyes was the hottest hitter in the Jays' lineup while newcomers Cabrera, Emilio Bonifacio and Maicer Izturis have struggled, Jose Bautista has missed several games due to an ear infection and back spasms and Edwin Encarnacion is off to a slow start.
They're talented enough to turn things around. But so were the Marlins, who actually had a nice run to get back into it last May before falling apart again in June.
If they can't, the Jays could have one of the top starting pitcher trade chips on the market if Johnson's last start is any indication. The 29 year-old, who is in the last year of a four-year, $39 million contract, allowed just two earned runs over seven innings with two walks and eight strikeouts.
Shopping center fielder Colby Rasmus (.879 OPS), who is under contract through 2014, to open up a spot for Anthony Gose is also a possibility.
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