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The Toronto Blue Jays today lost to the Philadelphia Phillies 2-0. Tomorrow they take on the Pittsburgh Pirates and have not announced a starter yet for that game. Today they made a lot of moves as they inch closer to finalizing their roster for Opening Day. One question at hand is who is rounding out the starting rotation which should be known relatively soon. Today they informed three players that they’ve made the roster and reassigned two.

  • INF/OF Davis Schneider has made Opening Day roster
  • DH Daniel Vogelbach has made Opening Day roster 
  • INF/OF/ Ernie Clement has made Opening Day roster
  • 1B Spencer Horwitz optioned to Triple-A Buffalo
  • OF Nathan Lukes optioned to Triple-A Buffalo

Blue Jays Moves By The Numbers 

INF/OF Davis Schneider

Schneider this spring in 16 games hit .171 with a .596 OPS; he had a double, two home runs, three RBI, six runs scored, and four walks. In 35 games last season he hit .276 with a 1.007 OPS. 

DH Daniel Vogelbach

Vogelbach signed a minor league deal on February 18th which included a spring training invite. In 13 games he hit .229 with a .884 OPS; he had two doubles, three home runs, four RBI, six runs scored, and six walks. Last season in 104 games with the Mets he hit .233 with a .743 OPS. 

INF/OF/ Ernie Clement

Clement this spring in 16 games hit .356 with a 1.027 OPS; he had two triples, three home runs, eight RBI, eight runs scored, two walks, and two stolen bases. Last season in 29 games he hit .380 with a .885 OPS. 

1B Spencer Horwitz

Horwitz in 16 games hit .125 with a .405 OPS; he had one double, seven runs scored, and seven walks. Last season in 15 games he hit .256 with a .726 OPS. 

OF Nathan Lukes

Lukes in 16 games hit .450 with a 1.100 OPS; he had four doubles, one triple, six RBI, eight runs scored, five walks, and two stolen bases. In 29 games last season, he hit .192 with a .598 OPS. 

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