PT TOMORROW: AL East — Kirk beams up into TOR's 2021 plans

Toronto Blue Jays

With young, talented players in most spots around the diamond, Toronto would seem to have only a couple of decisions to make heading into 2021.

One will be to figure out what to do about third base, though they may just need a stopgap solution until prospect Jordan Groshans (3B, TOR) is ready to inherit the position. 

That stopgap may be the same as the current stopgap, Travis Shaw (3B, TOR), given that Shaw will not likely receive too huge of a raise in arbitration, though the team may well look for a more intriguing option, if one can be found at a reasonable cost.

The happier problem may be how to divide playing time at catcher, now that Alejandro Kirk (C, TOR) has shown that — despite his lack of experience in the...

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