How will the BlueJays structure their pitching staff this season? Will Nate Pearson be a part of it from day one? bnicholsonsmith looks at some roster decisions Toronto needs to make in the two-plus weeks remaining before opening day.
TORONTO – Shortly after 7 p.m. on Thursday night, the Blue Jays will take the field at Rogers Centre just as they’ve done on so many other July evenings over the years. As always, players will be looking to prove themselves in the eyes of coaches and front office staff. Weather permitting, the dome might even be open.
No, this version of summer baseball will be unlike anything Rogers Centre has ever seen. It’s far from ideal on so many levels, and yet these games do have real significance for a Blue Jays team with a number of significant roster decisions to make in the two-plus weeks remaining before opening day. “To tell you the truth, going to Florida, when you see the Florida cases, that made me nervous as a human being, but I knew we had a chance to come to Toronto,” Montoyo said. “That’s great for us to be here.”
Like most teams, the Blue Jays will likely break camp with a pitching-heavy roster, according to Montoyo. With 30-man rosters in place and no restrictions on the number of pitchers rostered, the Toronto bullpen could include as many as 11 or 12 relievers. Early in the season, the Blue Jays will ease their starters in with outings lasting “anywhere from two innings to five or six,” according to Montoyo. An expanded bullpen will do the rest.
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