PT TODAY: Colabello's ban opens door for Smoak in TOR

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Blue Jays | Chris Colabello handed 80-game ban
Toronto Blue Jays 1B Chris Colabello received an 80-game suspension Friday, April 22, for testing positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, which is a substance listed under Schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act.  Source: MLB.com - Gregor Chisholm
 
BHQ take: With Colabello now unavailable until after the All-Star break, Justin Smoak will take over as the primary first baseman. The switch-hitting Smoak has had some issues against LH pitching in his career (.657 OPS), but may have turned the corner in 2015 with an .839 OPS in 39 of those matchups. If he...

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