The Blue Jays play their first spring training game today against the Tampa Bay Rays, have they dropped the Devil yet? It has been five months since the Jays played a serious game, by opening day it will be six.
The Jays come into this game with one outfielder from the major league roster, Eric Hinske. Vernon Wells, Frank Catalanotto and Alex Rios are off to the World Cup while Reed Johnson is injured. That opens the door for John-Ford Griffin, Chad Mottola, Wayne Lydon, Miguel Negron, Justin Singleton and Adam Lind to get some at-bats over the next few weeks. John-Ford Griffin has a chance to follow the Gabe Gross path through spring training this year. He has lots of pop in his bat and he could feast on the easy pitching in the first couple of weeks of spring training. Remember hitters who dominate through March 20th are proving little, the guys who finish strong prove more. Sit back and enjoy the ride. Game on!
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