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Is there a rift in the Blue Jays' clubhouse? Yes, at least for today: the team will be split into two to play two Grapefruit League games today, with one staying in Dunedin to face the Houston Astros, while the other will be going off on an hour-long bus ride to Lakeland to face the Tigers.
Colby Rasmus will not be travelling to Dunedin to meet his old pals, and Drew Hutchison will not be travelling to Lakeland to visit his old stomping grounds. However, Asher Wojciechowski is on the Astros' travelling squad.
Here is the lineup for the Blue Jays-Astros game in Dunedin (via the Astros and Barry Davis), which is the one that will be called by Mike Wilner and Joe Siddall.
UPDATE: Chris Dickerson enters the starting lineup after Dayan Viciedo was scratched for a yet-unknown reason.
Dayan Viciedo scratched. Chris Dickerson replaces him, playing LF and batting third. #BlueJays #MLB #Astros
— Scott MacArthur (@TSNScottyMac) March 9, 2015
Mike Wilner provides us with the list of the Jays who will be going to Lakeland (not Kissimmee as he claims in the tweet). Jose Bautista and Dalton Pompey drew the short straws and will be on the bus trip. John Gibbons will be making the trip so the Dunedin game will likely be managed by DeMarlo Hale. The lineup for that game has not been announced yet.
#Bluejays have split their squad today. Here's the list of guys on their way to Kissimmee. #Jays #Astros pic.twitter.com/4hBovlVugW
— Mike Wilner (@Wilnerness590) March 9, 2015
UPDATE: Here's the lineup for the Lakeland game.
Our SS lineup vs DET in Lakeland: Carrera-LF Pompey-CF Bautista-DH Navarro-C Gindl-RF Barton-1B Santiago-SS Travis-2B Kawasaki-3B Norris-P
— Blue Jays (@BlueJays) March 9, 2015
After the split squad game today the Blue Jays will #ComeTogether again to face the Twins in Dunedin on Tuesday.
I have not had a chance to read through it yet, but FanGraphs just put out a Blue Jays prospect evaluation post right here. Take a look at it before the games begin!