DUNEDIN, Fla. – Perhaps unwittingly (or perhaps not) Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins detailed one of the challenges that lingers around big league teams…
And then there’s the worry attached to injury risk to the multi-million dollar investments that go with some of the top players in the game.
Call it trepidation, call it circumstance, but such concerns are at least an unspoken factor for both the Jays considering participating and with a Team Canada squad that returns to the WBC next month in Arizona minus a number of potentially influential players. Conversely, Toronto starter Jose Berrios – who is sporting a platinum blonde haircut here in unison with his Puerto Rican teammates – will represent his homeland.Article content
Such decisions are not unique to the Jays, of course. While there are a number of stars across baseball committed to participating, the rosters aren’t as deep and star-studded as MLB would like, with the Dominican Republic being the possible exception.Article content
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