PT TOMORROW: AL East — Playing time for TOR's Kirk may boldly go to new heights

Toronto Blue Jays

To be sure, at least part of the motivation for the Blue Jays’ acquisition of Raimel Tapia (OF, TOR) was to diversify what had been an all-right-handed outfield group in Toronto.

But it seems like the move may have been every bit as much about freeing up at-bats at designated hitter.

While it is certainly possible that the ever-aggressive Jays are not done adding this off-season, at least for now, the primary beneficiary figures to be Alejandro Kirk (C, TOR).

Kirk, who rocketed straight from Single-A to Toronto in 2020 on the strength of his bat, is already tearing the cover off the ball this spring (5-for-11, HR, 2B).

If Kirk-as-primary-DH holds, a secondary beneficiary would be Danny Jansen (C, TOR), whose role as...

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