Two games and two rainouts, again. But you’ll want to read about these.
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Two games and two rainouts, again. But you’ll want to read about these.
When spring training games start this week most eyes will be on the pitching battles. There are at least two starting pitcher jobs up for grabs and the bullpen has three vacancies. If we expand our view to the Syracuse Chiefs the picture gets even more cloudy, by my count there are thirty-five pitchers battling for twenty-four jobs between the Blue Jays and the Chiefs. Most readers are familiar with the major league battles but might not be aware of the AAA ones.
The Blue Jays In One Sentence: Toronto has two outstanding bats, but the system drops off quickly after that, as the pitchers with the best stuff lack command, and the pitchers with the best command lack stuff.