The Blue Jays have announced the 26 players who will be part of their American League Championship Series roster against the Mariners.\u00a0 As in the ALDS, the Jays will be using 13 pitchers and 13 position players, though a couple of new arms will be joining the pitching staff.\u00a0 The full list\u2026<\/p>\n
Catchers: Alejandro Kirk<\/a>, Tyler Heineman<\/a> Beginning with the most notable omission from the roster, Bo Bichette<\/a> remains unavailable, as the shortstop has yet to fully recover from a left knee sprain that has kept him out of action since September 6.\u00a0 Bichette didn\u2019t start any running work until this past Wednesday, but a move to a bit more high-intensity running on the bases yesterday didn\u2019t yield much progress.\u00a0 Bichette clearly looked<\/a> to be in discomfort following even this brief session, which created doubt that he would indeed be healthy enough to be activated.<\/p>\n Since Bichette has been able to take batting practice and face live hitting, there had been some speculation that the Jays might use Bichette just in a DH role or even as a pinch-hitting specialist.\u00a0 Even that limited capacity would involve Bichette having to run in some form if he ended up getting hits, of course, and yesterday\u2019s footage implies that Bichette\u2019s knee is still far from 100 percent.<\/p>\n Technically, the Jays could still activate Bichette at some point during the ALCS if another injury arose.\u00a0 But the far likelier scenario is that Bichette won\u2019t see any action until the World Series should Toronto advance, and it remains unclear if even 12 more days of rest and rehab will be enough for Bichette to return at all during the Jays\u2019 postseason run.<\/p>\n By this point the Blue Jays have gotten used to playing without Bichette to some extent.\u00a0 Gimenez has settled in as the glove-first option at shortstop, and the Jays were will able to both win the AL East and defeat the Yankees in the ALDS without Bichette available.\u00a0 That said, obviously Toronto\u2019s roster is better with Bichette than without, and the Jays figure to miss his bat against the Mariners\u2019 deep pitching staff.<\/p>\n
Infielders: Addison Barger<\/a>, Ernie Clement<\/a>, Andres Gimenez<\/a>, Vladimir Guerrero Jr.<\/a>, Isiah Kiner-Falefa<\/a>
Outfielders: Nathan Lukes<\/a>, Anthony Santander<\/a>, Davis Schneider<\/a>, George Springer<\/a>, Myles Straw<\/a>, Daulton Varsho<\/a>
Left-handed pitchers: Mason Fluharty<\/a>, Eric Lauer<\/a>, Brendon Little<\/a>
Right-handed pitchers: Chris Bassitt<\/a>, Shane Bieber<\/a>, Seranthony Dominguez<\/a>, Braydon Fisher<\/a>, Kevin Gausman<\/a>, Jeff Hoffman<\/a>, Yariel Rodriguez<\/a>, Max Scherzer<\/a>, Louis Varland<\/a>, Trey Yesavage<\/a><\/p>\n