So the Blue Jays began their season opener on the road yesterday afternoon, against their A.L. rivals the Baltimore Orioles whom the Jays eliminated in last year's (2016) Wildcard playoff game.
While this year's Jays made some changes to their roster, the biggest being not re-signing Edwin Encarnacion (who signed with the Cleveland Indians), management and staff are optimistic of achieving and maintaining success for the Toronto club. So much so that the club was confident enough in retaining Aaron Sanchez, Marcus Stroman and Marco Estrada, the Jays aces as well as of course J.A. Happ & Roberto Osuna, along with Josh Donaldson, all signed to multi-year contracts. Not to mention the veteran leader and experienced Jose Bautista.
The Jays slightly tweaked roster brings in Kendrys Morales (who replaces Encarnacion as DH) as well as Devon Travis at 2B while Justin Smoak occupies 1B.
Expectations are high among Jays afficionados and the Toronto faithful as they should be.
Playball!