Blue Jays Announce 20 Players Invited to Spring Training

[Leo Morgenstern]

Blue Jays pitchers and catchers will report to the team's spring training complex in Dunedin on February 11, while the first full-squad workout is scheduled for February 16. Five days later – exactly one month from today – the Jays will host the Phillies for their first game of the spring. 

Today, the Blue Jays announced the names of 20 non-roster invitees who will be joining the players from the 40-man roster (and several more NRIs) in big league training camp. It's an exciting list, made up of eight pitchers and 12 position players and including many of the top prospects in the system. All of these NRIs are rookie eligible, except for Yariel Rodríguez, who was outrighted off the 40-man earlier this winter.

• Javen Coleman, LHP
• Chad Dallas, RHP
• Ryan Jennings, RHP
• Fernando Perez, RHP (JC No. 19)
• Gage Stanifer, RHP (JC No. 6)
• Yariel Rodríguez, RHP
• CJ Van Eyk, RHP
• Chay Yeager, RHP

• Robert Brooks, C
• Edward Duran, C
• Aaron Parker, C
• Geovanny Planchart, C

• Cutter Coffey, INF
• Josh Kasevich, INF (JC No. 11)
• Sean Keys, INF
• Charles McAdoo, 3B (JC No. 14)
• Arjun Nimmala, SS (JC No. 3)
• Josh Rivera, INF
• Riley Tirotta, UTIL

• RJ Schreck, OF (JC No. 9)

The Blue Jays have also extended a spring training invitation to several free agents they signed to minor league deals. This includes left-hander Michael Plassmeyer, right-hander Jorge Alcala, outfielder/DH Eloy Jiménez, and utility players Rafael Lantigua and Carlos Mendoza.

Featured image courtesy of Kim Klement Neitzel, Imagn Images.

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[Jesse Burrill]

Yohendrick Pinango was left unprotected in the Rule-5 draft, and now he's not part of the group invited to camp. Interesting. 

[Leo Morgenstern]

1 hour ago, Jesse Burrill said:

Yohendrick Pinango was left unprotected in the Rule-5 draft, and now he's not part of the group invited to camp. Interesting. 

Admittedly I don’t know a ton about the type of players who usually do or don’t get the spring training invite. But this does feel odd, considering his bat seems so close to big league ready. Makes me think the Jays really don’t like his glove? But even then, why not give him the ST reps, even if he’s just auditioning to be a trade chip.

[John_Havok]

7 hours ago, Jesse Burrill said:

Yohendrick Pinango was left unprotected in the Rule-5 draft, and now he's not part of the group invited to camp. Interesting. 

Are any other of the ST invitees from Venezuela? 

That might be a weird X factor right now 

[Jesse Burrill]

8 hours ago, Jesse Burrill said:

Yohendrick Pinango was left unprotected in the Rule-5 draft, and now he's not part of the group invited to camp. Interesting. 

Turns out Mitch Bannon clarified this, He was a minor-league free agent this fall and elected to re-sign with the Blue Jays, So he will be at MLB camp just wasn't included in this list. Shout out to Simon who turned me onto that as well.