Otto Lopez will not start the season in Toronto as the Blue Jays sold the Quebecer to their AAA subsidiary in Buffalo on Tuesday morning.
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The 24-year-old was fighting with Vinny Capra and Nathan Lukes for an alternate position, Sports Illustrated magazine recently reported. He seems to have succeeded as he will be one of the club’s four outfield players at the start of the season.
Still, Lopez did well in training camp. He had a .348 batting average on eight hits in 23 at-bats. He drove four runs and crossed home plate six times. On Sunday and Monday, however, he was kept in check during his five appearances on the record.
place in the regular season
Later in the day, the Jays lowered their flag in their last game of the preseason. Darick Hall hit a game-winning double to give the Philadelphia Phillies a 6-5 win.
Canada’s only major league baseball team finished the Grapefruit League with a 17-15 record.
The Jays have lessons to learn from today’s game ahead of Thursday’s opener against the St. Louis Cardinals. John Schneider’s team broke up after a 4-0 lead.
José Berrios opened the door for the Phillies in the fourth inning. Alex Bohm and Edmundo Soso allowed a teammate to cross the plate with a sacrificial fly, and Jake Cave hit a run-off single.
Tim Mayza came on as the starting pitcher but immediately conceded three hits and a walk in the third inning. Hall took the opportunity to let his team take the lead for the first time before doing it again with the Blue Jays in the most recent engagement.
Brandon Belt and Bo Bichette had already set the tone for the game, each producing two runs and hitting a single and long ball each.