Blue Jays bringing an ‘underdog mentality’ into the 2019 season Globe_Sports
. The Tampa Bay Rays were also a 90-win team in 2018, leaving the Blue Jays and the Baltimore Orioles in the American League East’s basement.“I think if you just look at some of the teams we are competing against, on paper, it seems like a longshot,” said Blue Jays centre-fielder Kevin Pillar. “But, our job as professionals is to go out there and play every single game. Sometimes when you take that underdog mentality, you’re really playing with nothing to lose.
Added Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo: “We got a good group here. We’re going to miss Russell. He was very good here. But the leadership that we got right now with Clayton Richard, Kendrys Morales, and Justin Smoak is pretty good.” Guerrero Jr. suffered an oblique strain during spring training, which saved the Blue Jays from having to decide if he would start with Toronto or triple-A Buffalo at the beginning of the season. But Montoyo says he is ahead of schedule on his return from injury.Pillar sees that Guerrero Jr. has the potential to become a once-in-a-lifetime generational talent, but is also wary of the monstrous predictions set for him.
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