As previously noted, I will be in minor league camp this coming weekend along with my trusty camera. I will be there to see the minor league players getting ready for their season which starts a week after the major leagues do. While I am there there might be some questions that are looking for answers. There was some discussion yesterday about Justin Jackson and where was he going to play this season? I will ask about that this coming weekend. But is there anything else you want me to ask about?
Last season I reported from minor league camp in Dunedin with reports like this one.
I can ask questions of the on field staff and coaches but remember these caveats:
I might not get a straight answer. In some cases, decisions as to where a prospect will open the season might not have been made yet.
In general everyone will be having a good spring, it will take some interpretation of answers to read between the lines.
It can be tough to get to talk with the players. The pitchers are often hanging about the diamonds if they are not slated to pitch that day but the position players play and then can disappear. The minor league complex has four fields in a cloverleaf formation but one half of the complex is "out of bounds" to non Blue Jay personnel. Position players access the dressing rooms through this out-of-bounds area and it can be hard to get to them.
My main objective this spring is to get to see the new players to the organization, guys like Aaron Sanchez, Noah Syndergaard; Deck McGuire; Adonis Cardona; Asher Wojciechowski; Kellen Sweeney; Dickie-Jo Thon; and Chris Hawkins. And of course there are many other new players to see too.
So if you have any burning questions put them here and I will see what I can do.
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