I’ve been looking for some silver linings in this whole situation we find ourselves in, with no baseball to watch. And by golly, I think I might have found something that could theoretically benefit the Blue Jays a little bit.
In order for this to work, baseball would see a reduced schedule from their usual 162 games, and I’m definitely not rooting for that to happen at all. However, there’s a decent chance that could happen in 2020, and if it does, it might mean a slight tweak in how the Blue Jays build their roster. In fact, it could mean that Nate Pearson could start the season in the big leagues, and still retain the all important “service time” that MLB front offices value so much.