Official Spring Training 2022 thread.

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If there's one thing we all love to see, it's Charlie Montoyo with options.

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Finally got Dexter Fowler after all this time. Too bad he's washed now

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Finally got Dexter Fowler after all this time. Too bad he's washed now

ya. would have loved him in his prime. Jays trying to explore all cheap lefty hitting options now. Bird, Fowler, Tapia etc.

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Can't see them carrying 5 OFs and would a 35yo who's made over 100 mil want to play in AAA?

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ya. would have loved him in his prime. Jays trying to explore all cheap lefty hitting options now. Bird, Fowler, Tapia etc.

Finally got Dexter Fowler after all this time. Too bad he's washed now

Can't see them carrying 5 OFs and would a 35yo who's made over 100 mil want to play in AAA?

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Can't see them carrying 5 OFs and would a 35yo who's made over 100 mil want to play in AAA?

well it looks like only the Jays have offered him anything. oft injured 35yo is not what any team needs.

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ya. would have loved him in his prime. Jays trying to explore all cheap lefty hitting options now. Bird, Fowler, Tapia etc.

Finally got Dexter Fowler after all this time. Too bad he's washed now

Can't see them carrying 5 OFs and would a 35yo who's made over 100 mil want to play in AAA?

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i'm all for Atkins to explore all possibilities. Getting value from nothing/afterthoughts is the best. no risk in seeing what he's got left in the tank in AAA.

Do you think Bird is making the team? he's either a DH or 1B.

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ya. would have loved him in his prime. Jays trying to explore all cheap lefty hitting options now. Bird, Fowler, Tapia etc.

Finally got Dexter Fowler after all this time. Too bad he's washed now

Can't see them carrying 5 OFs and would a 35yo who's made over 100 mil want to play in AAA?

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i'm all for Atkins to explore all possibilities. Getting value from nothing/afterthoughts is the best. no risk in seeing what he's got left in the tank in AAA.

Do you think Bird is making the team? he's either a DH or 1B.

Yes, I think Greg Bird is making the team. In my opinion, he will be primarily a DH and will be given occasional playing time at 1B whenever Vladimir Guerrero Jr. needs a day off.

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Can't see them carrying 5 OFs and would a 35yo who's made over 100 mil want to play in AAA?

well it looks like only the Jays have offered him anything. oft injured 35yo is not what any team needs.

True. Guess they're giving the young old man a shot. Going to be interesting to see what happens should he outplay Tapia over the next week or even into the season.

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Can't see them carrying 5 OFs and would a 35yo who's made over 100 mil want to play in AAA?

well it looks like only the Jays have offered him anything. oft injured 35yo is not what any team needs.

It's a ST invite. It's basically just a trial...there's no money, no roster spot. Given that the season starts in a week, there's basically no chance he'll make the opening day roster or the 40-man, but if his knee isn't swiss cheese and he's willing, he might get stashed as depth in AAA.

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Can't see them carrying 5 OFs and would a 35yo who's made over 100 mil want to play in AAA?

well it looks like only the Jays have offered him anything. oft injured 35yo is not what any team needs.

It's a ST invite. It's basically just a trial...there's no money, no roster spot. Given that the season starts in a week, there's basically no chance he'll make the opening day roster or the 40-man, but if his knee isn't swiss cheese and he's willing, he might get stashed as depth in AAA.

He's really hanging on to the tail end of his career. 25 year old, 14 year vet whose made a ton of money going to play in AAA. Talk about love for the game.

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We have 20 major league catchers, and Montoyo chooses Heineman to start tonight? Huh?

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Trade Moreno, sign Heineman.

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When's regular season start? Please & thanks

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As Fowler finally joins Blue Jays, current outfield mix comes into focus - Sportsnet.ca

Like Fowler, the Blue Jays find themselves in a far different place now than they did when they last pursued him. They’ve emerged on the other side of a rebuild with a roster that now features plenty of the youth and athleticism it once lacked. With a week remaining in spring training, they look like one of baseball’s best teams.

Still, there’s always room for depth and there’s no harm in taking a shot on Fowler on a minor-league deal. Where that leads is harder to predict since he has played in just 38 total games since 2019. Because he’s arriving late to camp, an opening day roster spot isn’t under discussion and he’ll likely need weeks to get to game speed.

“That’s fair,” Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said before Wednesday’s Grapefruit League game against the Yankees. “It’ll take a little bit of time because he missed a lot of time, of course. All I know about that guy is that he killed us wherever I was, whether it was with the Rays or with the Blue Jays. Good player.”

The context surrounding Fowler’s pending deal is also relevant here. Greg Bird’s the clear frontrunner to win the open spot on the Blue Jays’ bench, but there’s not a ton of apparent competition for that role with his primary rival perhaps Nathan Lukes, a left-handed hitting outfielder who posted an .808 OPS for the Rays' triple-A team last year. Under those circumstances, some veteran help would be useful while the Blue Jays’ top prospects continue developing in the minor-leagues.

But even if Fowler isn’t an immediate option for the major-league team, their outfield continued taking shape Wednesday when the recently-acquired Raimel Tapia started in centre field for the first time since being traded.

Defensively speaking, the Blue Jays expect to use Tapia primarily as a left fielder but they’ll also use him in centre behind George Springer, who played centre in an intra-squad game at the team’s training facility Wednesday afternoon. While the Blue Jays expect better health from Springer in 2022, he has started fewer games in centre each successive year since moving to the position in 2017. That makes Tapia’s skillset all the more important.

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