Blue Jays doing their best to make Buffalo home, writes StevePhillipsGM. MORE:
The Toronto Blue Jays are finally home. Well, sort of. They're in Buffalo - close enough. It is their home away from home for the remainder of the 2020 Major League Baseball season.
The club's entire weight room was shipped across the border and reconstructed to give the Blue Jays every chance to maximize performance. The team's front office even made sure that manager Charlie Montoyo’s office closely resembles his office in Toronto, including his drums and family pictures. Finally having a place to call home will make a big difference for the Jays. It will make them stronger physically. They have been living out of their suitcases and travelling every three or four days to a new MLB city. Now, they can sleep in the same bed for nine or 10 days at a time and get their rest. Emotionally, it will provide them with stability to be able to call someplace home. Mentally, they can now have a routine to better prepare for the day’s work.
It will be the little things that make the big difference. When they were on the road during the last few weeks they have only been able to focus on big things and it is understandable. But if this young club is going to make the transition from a good little team to a playoff team, they are going to have to make plays to improve run production and prevention. There's a problem in the National League right now.
The good news is that the Cardinals outbreak happened early enough in the season that there is time to make up some of the games. The later we get in the season, the less time there will be to make up lost games for any team. This will likely not be an issue that's exclusive to St Louis. Of course, it would disincentivize a team that knows they aren’t going to be able to get to the 40-game threshold. But the reality is that any team that suffers a coronavirus outbreak of such a magnitude to lose 20 games in their season must have violated the league's health and safety protocols. They must accept responsibility for the position they are in. opted out of the season this week because of COVID-19 concerns.
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