Toronto Blue Jays relievers Colt Hynes and Todd Redmond have made the opening day 25-man roster, leaving the team to make a final decision on one of Liam Hendriks or Ryan Goins, Sportsnet’s Barry Davis reports.
Redmond and Hynes have both enjoyed strong springs. Redmond recorded a 1.80 ERA with five strikeouts and two walks over 10 innings pitched, while Hynes was even more impressive, punching out nine batters with just one walk and over 10.2 scoreless innings.
Outstanding numbers aside, Hynes made it since the club needed another lefty arm in relief.
With Hynes and Redmond locked into bullpen spots, that brings the Blue Jays’ reliever count up to seven — Brett Cecil, Aaron Loup, Marco Estrada, Miguel Castro and Roberto Osuna being the others.
The decision to take either Hendriks or Goins, as Davis reported, creates an interesting dilemma for Blue Jays decision-makers, as the team has hinted it would be going with an eight-man bullpen.
This spring, Hendriks has put up a 3.52 ERA with nine strikeouts and three walks over 7.2 innings pitched.
By comparison, the normally poor-hitting Goins has managed an .870 OPS this spring that includes five doubles, one triple and one home run for six RBI. He brings the added bonus of being one of the better defensive infielders in the system.
