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The Blue Jays have a catcher dilemma

We’ve known this for a while, but it’s worth repeating — the Toronto Blue Jays are spoiled at the catching position.

Danny Jansen was on pace for a career year before his latest injury; Alejandro Kirk could be the American League’s starting backstop in the All-Star game, and now Gabriel Moreno, Toronto’s No. 1 prospect, is contributing at the big-league level.

Eventually, though, the catcher-palooza will turn into a catcher dilemma. Once Jansen returns, things get tricky.

“There are pros and cons,” Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins said recently. “So it's just balancing that; making sure that there's enough playing time if it were Gabby to be that third catcher.