After getting through spring training with their health mostly intact, the Blue Jays are set to open the regular season with almost the exact same roster they were projected to use at the start of camp
Unlike the New York Yankees who lost three-fifths of their rotation to injuries, the Jays departed Florida on Tuesday relatively unscathed. While Mitch White was prevented from cracking the opening 26-man roster because of an impinged shoulder, everyone else was deemed good to go
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