ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Ah, good luck to the Toronto Blue Jays trying to sell tickets for spring training games next March.
At this rate who will want to play?
In a scene which brought to mind Tim Raines with the Montreal Expos in 1987 at Shea Stadium, Edwin Encarnacion’s opening day at-bats did not indicate he had missed all of the spring games.
The DH stepped into face Rays ace Chris Archer in the first inning, without an at-bat in the 28 major-league games the Jays played last month due to having a tooth pulled and a strained oblique.