With just six games remaining and their magic number to clinch the American League’s second wild-card playoff spot down to three, the Toronto Blue Jays revealed their 40-man post-season player pool Tuesday.
The list includes:
Catchers
Danny Jansen
Caleb Joseph
Alejandro Kirk
Reese McGuire
Infielders
Bo Bichette
Cavan Biggio
Brandon Drury
Santiago Espinal
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Joe Panik
Travis Shaw
Rowdy Tellez
Jonathan Villar
Outfielders
Jonathan Davis
Randal Grichuk
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
Teoscar Hernandez
Josh Palacious
Pitchers
Chase Anderson
Anthony Bass
Ryan Borucki
AJ Cole
Rafael Dolis
Wilmer Font
Thomas Hatch
Anthony Kay
Julian Merryweather
Patrick Murphy
Thomas Pannone
Nate Pearson
Robbie Ray
Sean Reid-Foley
Tanner Roark
Jordan Romano
Hyun Jin Ryu
Matt Shoemaker
Ross Stripling
Taijuan Walker
Shun Yamaguchi
TJ Zeuch
The 28-26 Blue Jays face the New York Yankees in the second game of a four-game series Tuesday night.
Any combination of three of their own wins or losses by their closest pursuers would allow them to clinch their first playoff berth since 2016.
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