Postcards from Camp: Blue Jays

Author:
SI Staff
Publish date:
Mar 1, 2007

Postcards from Camp: Blue Jays

Dunedin, Fla.

Aces high: Roy Halladay (left) and A.J. Burnett clown around while posing for pictures.

Dunedin, Fla.

The catchers are head over heels about working on those pesky popups with instructor Ernie Whitt, who caught for the Blue Jays from 1977 through '89.

Dunedin, Fla.

Manager John Gibbons leads baserunning drills under the high Florida sun.

Dunedin, Fla.

Young guns (left to right): Josh Towers, Roy Halladay, B.J. Ryan and A.J. Burnett.

Dunedin, Fla.

You would be happy too if you had just signed a $126 million contract, as center fielder Vernon Wells did this offseason.

Dunedin, Fla.

The Blue Jays signed DH Frank Thomas to a two-year, $18 million contract this winter to anchor their lineup.

Dunedin, Fla.

Catcher Gregg Zaun gets Thomas in a headlock.

Dunedin, Fla.

The Jays signed Jo Matumoto, 36, from Brazil's national team. The Sao Paulo native was the MVP of the 2005 South American Games and probably will start the season in the minor leagues.

Dunedin, Fla.

New starting shortstop Royce Clayton gets loose. The career .258 hitter signed with Toronto after playing for the Nationals and Reds last year.

Dunedin, Fla.

Veteran right-hander Tomo Ohka was brought in to solidify a rotation that will be without free agent Ted Lilly.

Postcards from Camp: Blue Jays