As the BlueJays’ opening day against RaysBaseball on Friday looms, here's a look at where things stand entering a truly unique season. (via ShiDavidi)
Home aside, this is the most pivotal matter for this club. The off-season adds of Hyun-Jin Ryu, Tanner Roark, Chase Anderson , Shun Yamaguchi, Rafael Dolis and Anthony Bass created a depth lacking last year, when the Blue Jays at one point were left with an unorthodox two-man rotation. Manager Charlie Montoyo and pitching coach Pete Walker shouldn’t face the same making-things-up-on-the-fly stress they had last year, when the Blue Jays ranked 22nd in the majors with a 5.25 rotation ERA.
A different look this summer will be Vladimir Guerrero Jr., across the diamond at first base, after playing only at third in games during spring training. Quietly, the young slugger worked in the backfields with infield coach Luis Rivera during the first camp and the switch was made ahead of the second camp. Why did they do it? Well, this was coming at some point, and the defensive metrics on Guerrero last year were not kind.
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