Blake Murphy

He was available as a pinch hitter yesterday and was even in the on-deck circle at one point.

Shane Bieber mentioned a little earlier, threw two innings in a rehab start for the FCL yesterday.

His next step is a start Sunday in Dunedin.

Alejandro Kirk is back in Toronto and was running the bases and hitting in the cage.

He's obviously been doing a bunch of catching as we've updated you.

He will do more of the running the bases and hitting in the cage this week in Toronto for the remainder of this series.

And then we'll see what happens when the Jays go back out on the road.

Jimmy Garcia throwing a live bullpen in Florida today.

Max Scherzer throwing a live bullpen in Toronto.

Toronto today, it is believed that was the loose update yesterday.

Addison Barger still a couple days away.

They had hoped that by the weekend he would be doing running or hitting and throwing.

He, as of yesterday, still needed a couple more days.

Tommy Nance and Joe Mantiply still looking at like something close to the minimum IELTS day for those guys.

And then Jake Bloss, I had mentioned four innings in Dunedin on Sunday.

The next step is likely in Dunedin for him as well.

Paul and Kelowna had asked, any remorse with parting ways with Lauer now that they're down another starter, have to think he's better than what they have in AAA?

I mean, look, they did this with Lauer while they had one bullpen day slot still available.

So to me, that says...

They were done with him, and that was something that needed to be resolved, regardless of the situation, because they let him go at a time when they were doing bullpen days, and we hadn't seen a ton of Spencer Miles yet.