BlueJays Confidential: Who has impressed the most this spring? SNJeffBlair, ArdenZwelling, ShiDavidi, bnicholsonsmith and Wilnerness590 weigh in...
Jeff Blair :
Teoscar Hernandez seems to have shifted the conversation away from a platoon left-field situation to an everyday role. He has shown improvement in the field – at least according to Jays executives – and there seems to be a general happiness with his attempts to overhaul his approach at the plate. Considering the way the last two seasons have gone for Aaron Sanchez and Marcus Stroman, my guess is their so far healthy springs are a bit of a best-case scenario.
Richard Urena has options left and seems to be in a battle for the 25th man with Eric Sogard. Dalton Pompey is likely playing for a job elsewhere.Rule-fiver Elvis Luciano. But not only this week — every time he takes the mound. The 19-year-old has never pitched above rookie ball and, provided he makes the team, will now attempt to pass a six-month audition at baseball’s highest level.
Here’s the thing: there’s a difference between sticking your nose in a video game for the half hour or 45 minutes the media is in the clubhouse and doing it half an hour before game-time. Players have always done stuff to kill time, but the difference between, say, playing cards or staring at a video game set up in your locker is that one is an insular past-time and the other is a social past-time. The best clubhouses allow a balance of ‘me’ time and group time.
Realistically, the Blue Jays played lots of video games in 2015 and 2016 yet they still won. As for last year’s team, they wouldn’t have made the playoffs even if there had been a season-long ban on Fortnite.I can’t really speak to across MLB, but Fortnite was significant in some corners of the Blue Jays’ clubhouse last season.
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