The Blue Jays will play their first home opener north of the border since 2019, after a peripatetic couple of years in which the team also called Buffalo and Dunedin, Fla., home for much of those pandemic-affected seasons
As the youngest son of a four-time all-star outfielder, Bo Bichette has been aware of the importance of opening day on the Major League Baseball calendar almost from the day he first picked up a wiffle bat.
That excitement is spilling over to the rest of the clubhouse and the entire city in what could be a pivotal year for a team that finished one win shy of making the playoffs for a second consecutive season. Some principal players have moved on, with 2021 Cy Young Award winner Robbie Ray moving to Seattle and infielder Marcus Semien now getting ready to play against the Blue Jays on Friday wearing a Texas Rangers uniform.
Montoyo can point to a squad that went 22-9 throughout September and October last year as evidence that the team was gelling at the right time of the season, although it ultimately came just short of its goal of the playoffs. “One thing I know for sure if we would have been here the whole year we would have won at least one more game,” he said. “So yeah, I feel really happy that we’re going to play in Toronto from the beginning.”
“I think the thing that makes us a better team is the belief that our players have and the progress that our players that were here have made,” he said. “The additions are just a piece of the puzzle, and very important parts of us having success.One player who believed in the Blue Jays even last year was right-hander Jose Berrios, who came from the Minnesota Twins in a July trade in hopes that he would be able to pitch into the postseason for his new team.
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