Joey Votto is finally healthy and playing with Triple-A Buffalo, but ESPN's Buster Olney questions whether the former NL MVP is ready and willing to join the Toronto Blue Jays.
With the Reds visiting Toronto from Aug. 19 to 21, it invites a storybook opportunity for the Blue Jays to recall Votto to make his hometown debut against his former team.
But Votto twisted his ankle after hitting a home run in his first spring training at-bat, which knocked him out of the lineup and delayed his season. “You sign him for a reason, and I think you make room for him,” Schneider told reporters on Aug. 6. “I think having a guy like him here within this clubhouse goes a long way.”
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