Jose Bautista
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Podcast Appearances
Blake Murphy and John Axford with you.
Ax here for another segment here.
I want to talk a little bit more bullpen stuff because you're the bullpen guy and the Jays have some fun things going on back there.
But you're also a Canadian baseball player who played for the Jays and played here as an opposing player during your career.
And to look ahead to the Marlins series, they have three of those.
Mm-hmm.
It's a very Canada-heavy series.
Owen Casey, who was, of course, a top Cubs prospect and then was part of the Edward Cabrera trade and found himself on the Marlins.
There's Liam Hicks, one of the biggest Rule 5 success stories the last few years.
And then Otto Lopez, who was born in the Dominican, raised in Montreal for a few years, then back to the Dominican for academy ball and is a former Blue Jay as well.
What was it like for you?
Obviously, you played for the Blue Jays in 2018, but you would have come here before that as a visitor.
What was that like for you?
I remember we talked to Denzel Clark about it last year, and he's injured now, but when he came up and he was like, yeah, my first baseball memory is being in the 200-level outfield.
I think he said Aaron Hill hit a walk-off, and he has that specific โ
A memory of it.
So I'd imagine Owen Casey actually debuted here last year with the Cubs.
And Otto Lopez was in the Blue Jays system.
So some familiarity there.
And in Owen Casey's case, a little Burlington representation for you.