I'm not sure.
- Lukes has options. Lopez has an option. Horwitz has options. Barger has options.
- Bernard is RHB so he might complement the OF better than Lukes or Horwitz, since there are two LHB starters
- Bernard was primarily a CF in AAA recently, maybe he is okay defensively?
- by projections, there is not an obvious offensive gap between any of Lopez, Lukes, or Bernard.
- as a veteran NRI they might have a deal with Bernard that they will cut him loose if he does not make the team.
I mean he probably never plays a game as a Blue Jay but I could see a path to him being the final bench player out of spring.