After an off-day yesterday the Jays play the Pirates this evening and now it's time for the players to get ready for the season to start. The Jays have nine games left against major league teams and two against the Syracuse Skychiefs before the regular season starts.
Spring training gives the pitchers a chance to get their arms ready for the regular season. The starting pitchers have worked their way up to pitching five or six innings and the relievers are ready to go. With eleven games left most of the starters will take to the mound two more times to fine tune their arsenal.
Most of the minor leaguers have been sent to minor league camp so the players for the 25 man roster will get lots of playing time over the next week and a half. Players will now try to get themselves ready for the season ahead, they are almost there physically, they need to fine tune their approach and get ready mentally for the long season ahead.
There is not much left to see at camp. The Jays have been losing more winning, it would be nice to reverse that trend.
The Jays have not been scoring a lot of runs in spring training, the bats need to come around before the season starts.
There is possibly only one uncertainty left in camp, how will AJ Burnett fit into the rotation?
The next ten days will also see manager John Gibbons settle on a lineup.
What are you looking to see in the next eleven days?
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