Blue Jays Morning Brew: Sanchez, Tulo, Lopez and more

Your Blue Jays Morning Brew for Thursday, December 07th features updates on Aaron Sanchez, Troy Tulowitzki, Raffy Lopez and much more.

Sanchez To Resume Throwing

General Manager Ross Atkins confirmed that pitcher Aaron Sanchez will resume throwing later this week and the hurler attempts to recover from nagging blister issues that derailed his entire 2017 campaign.

Sanchez nearly had just as many DL stints as he did starts in 2017 as the 25-year old only toed the rubber on 8 occasions last season. All signs point to Sanchez being ready for the start of the regular season at this stage of the game.

Tulo On Track For January

Atkins also addressed the Troy Tulowitzki injury timetable while addressing the media at a recent luncheon. Tulowitzki is on track to be fully recovered from ligament damage in his right ankle by January.

If Tulo can remain setback-free from here on out, he will be manning the shortstop position for the Blue Jays on Opening Day.

Lopez Signs With San Diego

Backup catcher Raffy Lopez inked a deal with the San Diego Padres according to the catchers Twitter feed. The 30-year old hit .222 with 4 home runs in 24 games for the Jays last season.

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BBWAA Hand Out Team Awards

The Toronto Chapter of the BBWAA announced their Blue Jays individual award winners for the 2017 season. Slugger Josh Donaldson edged out Justin Smoak for the Player of the Year honours, however, Smoak did take home the Most Improved Player award.

Other award winners included Marcus Stroman for Pitcher of the Year and Danny Barnes for Rookie of the Year. Mal Romanin the former Manager of Baseball Information took home the John Cerutti Award for the employee who displays goodwill and character toward others.

It should be noted that Romanin was fired after the conclusion of the season.

Jays Sniffing Around Ross Again

For the second time, this offseason the Blue Jays have been linked to free agent reliever, Robbie Ross. This time Rob Bradford of WEEI is reporting the interest due to Ben Cherington’s connection with Ross.

Next: Blue Jays need to add a top-tier arm at any cost

That will conclude another installment of the Morning Brew and with the Ohtani and Stanton situations nearly resolved, we should have ourselves a busy hot stove by the time the Winter Meetings are in full swing.

Keep checking back for all your Blue Jays news and rumours.