After what was an awesome 2015 season, along with a breathtaking playoff run, the 2016 Toronto Blue Jays regular season has arrived!
What a crazy offseason it has been. Alex Anthopoulos and Paul Beeston are gone and Mark Shapiro and Ross don't call me Russ Atkins have replaced them.
There are some new faces (Drew Storen!), some old faces (R.A Dickey!), and some returning faces (J.A. Happ!).
Here is the schedule:
Roster:
Starting Lineup (9)
Edwin Encarnacion, DH
Russell Martin, C
Chris Colabello, 1B
Ryan Goins, 2B
Josh Donaldson, 3B
Troy Tulowitzki, SS
Michael Saunders, LF
Kevin Pillar, CF
Jose Bautista, RF
Bench (4)
Josh Thole, C
Darwin Barney, IF
Ezequiel Carrera, OF
Justin Smoak, 1B/DH
Starting Rotation (4)
Marcus Stroman, RHP
R.A. Dickey, RHP
Aaron Sanchez, RHP
J.A. Happ, LHP
Bullpen (8)
Roberto Osuna, RHP
Drew Storen, RHP
Brett Cecil, LHP
Gavin Floyd, RHP
Jesse Chavez, RHP
Ryan Tepera, RHP
Joe Biagini, RHP
Arnold Leon, RHP
link to a fancier roster here:
http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/team...hart/?c_id=tor
It will be interesting to see how this team transforms as the season goes on! Remember last year when Hutchison was our opening day starter and Jose Reyes was on our team! Things have certainly changed.