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Blue Jays starter Bowden Francis, hitting coach David Popkins and more

Spring training is over and the Blue Jays are back home in Toronto, coming off their Grapefruit League title

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海角社区官网Blue Jays pitcher Bowden Francis


Guests:聽Blue Jays starter Bowden Francis, hitting coach David Popkins, Vancouver Canadians 1B Peyton Williams

Spring training is over and the Blue Jays are back home in Toronto, coming off their Grapefruit League title, getting set to open their season on March 27 against the Baltimore Orioles. We go over the season-opening 26-man roster for you, which includes a few surprises, then hear from last year鈥檚 breakout star, Bowden Francis, who has to wait until March 31 to make his first start of the season. The Jays revamped their hitting department over the winter, and you鈥檒l meet new hitting coach David Popkins, who has the players buying what he鈥檚 selling, at least so far. Also, they call him The Iowa Meat Truck 鈥 we chat with up-and-coming young slugger Peyton Williams.

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Mike Wilner

Mike Wilner is a Toronto-based baseball columnist for the Star and host of the baseball podcast 鈥淒eep Left Field.鈥 Follow him on Twitter:

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