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| Ive got to admit, I wavered back and forth over the last year as to whether the Blue Jays should keep Jose Bautista. Patrick Ewing USA Jersey . My doubts about retaining Bautista were mainly age related. Hell be 34 soon and is entering a stage in his career when most players talents begin to diminish. As weve noted in the past, the Blue Jays "million dollar outfield" of George Bell, Lloyd Moseby and Jesse Barfield were all done playing before they hit 34, and there are countless other examples of players that age whos bodies break down or who lose the desire to keep playing. The As Adam Dunn for instance is 34 and has strongly suggested hes going to retire at the end of this season. But Bautista doesnt appear to be just any other player. He just slugged his 200th homer as a Blue Jay the other night. He has hit 32 homers on the season, while driving in 96 runs and batting .286. He still plays a solid right field and has a strong arm. Bautista still shows an unselfishness as well in his willingness to move to other positions if the club is in a pinch. Bautista is a leader and a mentor to the younger players. Right now hes second in walks, second in on base percentage, and third in on base plus slugging in the AL. Hes been an All-Star five straight seasons, and led the fan vote this season. If he has any fault, it may be the way his emotions can get him into confrontations with umpires. But its that same fire that makes him the player he is. The Jays arent the only team Bautista has played for, but when you consider he didnt really blossom into a player till he got to Toronto, his nearly seven years with the Blue Jays have been the most meaningful of his career. Hes already played for the Jays longer than the likes of Dave Winfield, Paul Molitor, and even Roberto Alomar. Alex Anthopoulos said a week or two ago that he thought Bautista had the body type, the mental make-up, and the love of the game that he could keep playing into his late 30s or early 40s. Bautista takes me back a few years to one of my all-time favourites, Al Kaline. The Tigers Hall of Famer was a 15-time All-Star, including his final season in 1974 at age 39, and won 10 Gold Gloves. He won a World Series with the Tigers in 1968 at age 33 and though his numbers diminished after 35, he was still a solid contributor and set the tone for what Tigers baseball was all about. To me at least, Bautista is cut from the same cloth. Considering his contributions to the team, Bautista has a very club-friendly contract. Hes owed $14 million for 2015 and the club has an option for another $14 million for 2016. Jose has said repeatedly hes committed to being in Toronto until his contract is up. Maybe its time for the Blue Jays to think about extending one of their core pieces, who one day may be considered one of their All-time greats. - If the Blue Jays do anything significant next season it will be in spite of their schedule. They have one of the toughest slates of game you could imagine. They open the season on the road and close it away from home, but the real killer could be the month of July, when the Pan-Am Games come to town. Over a span of 23 days the Jays are home for only three games. That month could make or break their season. - Next season will be a real test for the Tampa Bay Rays. Owner Stu Sternberg says he is going to reduce the clubs payroll for next season. Thats a scary thought since it was only $78 million this year, or 26th of the 30 teams in the Majors. On the flip side there is the Boston Red Sox. Club Chairman Tom Werner hinting the Bosox will be big players in the off-season and will have plenty of money to spend. Just one more reason for there to be added urgency for the Blue Jays postseason push this year. - I really thought the Baltimore Orioles were going to miss catchers Matt Wieters when he was lost to "Tommy John" surgery earlier this season and in some ways Im sure they still do. But Caleb Joseph has done an incredible job in the No. 1 role behind the plate and the Os are (17-1) when he drives in at least one run in a game. - There are strong rumblings out of Arizona that the Diamondbacks are going to hire a key member of the Blue Jays 93 World Series run, Dave Stewart, to be their new general manager. "Stew" had a shot at becoming the Blue Jays GM after the 2001 season when Gord Ash was let go. But instead of promoting their assistant GM Stewart, the Jays went in a different direction and hired J.P. Ricciardi. Heres hoping Stewart gets the job this time. Derrick Rose Team USA Jersey .ca has you covered for whos in, whos out and what to expect from all 30 teams. 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After team mechanics tended to the car, Ricciardo went back out for a mere two trips around the circuit before calling it quits. That gives Red Bull a measly total of 14 laps through the first three days of testing, which ends on Friday. Fernando Alonsos new Ferrari also stopped after 26 laps just before the Ayrton Senna chicane. His Spanish fans cheered him on from the stands as he was ferried back to the pitlane. But after a quick fix in the garage, Alonso was back out and adding up the laps to finish his first day of testing with 58. "It was good to get back behind the wheel," said Alonso, who added that he expected Red Bull to have worked out the kinks by the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on March 16. "Its not our focus what others are doing," the former two-time champion said. "They have little running so far but plenty of time before Australia. They will put things in place." Kevin Magnussen impressed in his F1 debut for McLaren by posting the days fastest lap at 1 minute, 23.276 seconds after he took the wheel from Jenson Button in the afternoon and blazed through 52 laps. McLaren has rebounded nicely from its no-show on Tuesday due to an electrical problem and has clocked the quickest lap timme for two straight days, with Button doing so on Wednesday. Team USA Basketball Jersey. Felipe Massa also had a strong start to his stint at Williams with the sessions second-fastest lap, 0.424 seconds behind Magnussen. Mercedes Lewis Hamilton was the busiest driver, putting in a days high of 62 laps and showing no jitters after Tuesdays crash. Red Bulls sister team, Toro Rosso, also had a bad day when Jean-Eric Vergnes car stalled in the pitlane. After it was pushed back to the paddock, it ground to a halt in the pitlane a second time. Marrusia finally rolled out its new car shortly after it arrived on a trailer. Ricciardo was debuting for Red Bull after four-time champion Sebastian Vettel was limited to just 11 laps over the first two sessions. Vettels run on day two was cut short when engine-maker Renault reported a malfunction. The Austrian team said "similar issues" still plagued their new vehicle. "The measures we took only partially solved the issue," Red Bull engineer Andy Damerum said. "And, as with yesterday, its more sensible to stop and dig deeper into finding a solution. Its obviously not where we want to be and naturally the whole team is frustrated." All teams are struggling to get their cars ready after F1 made a sweeping revision of the rulebook that included a shift to a turbo engine and integrating more sophisticated energy recovery systems. But, so far, traditional contenders Ferrari, Mercedes, and McLaren are dealing better with the new regulations than the titleholder. After testing in southern Spain, two more tests follow in Bahrain. 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