DUNEDIN — Both Matt Dermody’s career and body took flight last season.
The big reliever signed with the Jays in 2013 as a 22-year-old, though he didn't advance past A ball during his first three seasons. But last year he vaulted through three levels and finished the 2016 season with the Blue Jays, crediting his ability to locate his four and two-seam fastballs, his slider and changeup after changing to a high three-quarter arm slot.
And now, Dermody is hoping to break camp with the Jays following spring training as a big-league middle reliever.
That's the good news.