It's a somewhat comparable situation to 2015, when Pompey was competing against Kevin Pillar for the starting job in centre field. Unlike now, Pompey was the favourite. And while he eventually lost the position after struggling in April, there were lessons to be learned.
"I feel like I'm taking it a little bit differently this year," Pompey said during a Toronto stop on the Blue Jays' Winter Tour late last week. "I remember last year at this time, I was standing here and we were talking about how I was competing for the centre-field job, and now there's another opening here.