Blue Jays make final roster cuts ahead of Opening Day
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After announcing todays starting lineup the Toronto Blue Jays made their final roster cuts of Spring Training. Opening Day is on March 27th versus the Baltimore Orioles. Blue Jays veteran Jose Berrios will be on the mound facing Orioles starter Zach Eflin.
According to MLB.com's Keegan Matheson, John Schneider has said that Myles Straw, Nathan Lukes and Alan Roden has made the team, however Addison Barger has been sent down to AAA.
Of all the players I am happy to see make the team it's Allen Roden. I am really excited to see this kid ambush big league pitchers.
Roden, 25, tore the cover off the ball during spring training, entering Sunday's finale with a .423/.556/.731 OPS to go along with two home runs and six RBI in 19 games. The Creighton University product has yet to play a game at the Major League level.
Sportnets Shi Davidi also reported the news earlier today, also saying that the bullpen has not been finalized as of yet.
According to Davidi, John Schneider told Alan Roden he'd made the team this morning with Mark Budzinski and Devon White and "it was the most emotion I'd seen out of him...with a big fist pump," said the Blue Jays manager.
"I was just excited," said Roden. "I said, 'Let's F******G GO,' just pumped."
Nathan Lukes and his wife were taking their daughter to Disney on Ice yesterday when John Schneider called to tell him he'd made the team.
"When the manager calls you, it's usually good news said Lukes. Bad news is in person," he said. "So once I saw the phone call, it was a good feeling."
Lukes, who has spent time with the big club in each of the previous two seasons, hit .206 across 16 spring games. Straw, acquired from the Cleveland Guardians in the off-season, hit .414 in 14 games.
All three players will provide outfield depth as centre fielder Daulton Varsho continues to recover from shoulder surgery and will begin the season on the injured list.
Varsho got into games as a designated hitter this spring but did not play the field. Schneider said Saturday that Varsho will be in Toronto for Opening Day on Thursday to receive his Gold Glove but then head back to Florida to continue his recovery.
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MARS 23 | 244 ANSWERS Blue Jays make final roster cuts ahead of Opening Day Who of these Blue Jays players are you most excited to see play this season? | ||
| Alan Roden | 193 | 79.1 % |
| Nathan Lukes | 28 | 11.5 % |
| Myles Straw | 23 | 9.4 % |
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