MLB releases Blue Jays player name pronunciations list

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Attention Toronto Blue Jays fans: if you enjoy chanting a player’s name when they hit a walk-off dinger or you like cursing a player’s name to the heavens when they strike out with the game on the line—or if you enjoy doing both—you might want to bookmark this page.

Major League Baseball released its official 2018 player name preferences and pronunciations list Friday and 30 of Toronto’s players made an appearance.

Here are all the Blue Jays players that were included:

Al ALBURQUERQUE (AL-ber-ker-kee)
Anthony ALFORD (AHL-ferd)
Joe BIAGINI (Bee-uh-JEE-nee)
Ryan BORUCKI (Bo-ruck-key)
RHINER (REE-ner) CRUZ (krooz)
Matt DERMODY (DER-muh-dee)
ALEDMYS (Ah-LEHD-mes) Díaz
Marco ESTRADA (Eh-STRAH-duh)
ROEMON (Roh-MAHN) Fields
JAIME (HIY-may) García
Chad GIRODO (Jih-RAH-doh)
Randal GRICHUK (GRICH-ik)
Taylor GUERRIERI (Gur-RAIR-ee)
LOURDES (Lord-es) GURRIEL (goo-REA-EL) Jr.
J.A. (JAY) Happ
TEOSCAR (Tay-AH-sker) Hernández
Jason LEBLEBIJIAN (LEB-leh-BEE-gee-an)
Tim LOPES (LOPES)
Luke MAILE (Mail-EE)
Tim MAYZA (MAY-zuh)
KENDRYS (KEHN-dreez) MORALES (moer-AH-lez)
Gift NGOEPE (en-GOH-pay)
SEUNG-HWAN (SEWN-whan) Oh
Max PENTECOST (Pen-TEH-cost)
Chris ROWLEY (RAUW-lee)
Justin SHAFER (Shay-fer)
YANGERVIS (YAWN-hair-vees) SOLARTE (soh-LAHR-tay)
Rowdy TELLEZ (Tuh-LEZ)
Ryan TEPERA (Tuh-PAIR-uh)
Richard UREÑA (Ur-AY-nyuh)

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