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Blue Jays saved themselves from what could've been a nightmare

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Toronto has to be thankful for its advance planning.

Blue Jays saved themselves from what could've been a nightmare originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Toronto Blue Jays clearly recognized a conundrum of modern baseball.

Pitchers get hurt, often, and so you can never have too many arms on the roster. It may have looked after this offseason that the Blue Jays had way too many pitchers. And then this spring happened, and injuries struck left and right, and now Toronto looks brilliant for having so much depth.

MLB. com wrote in a new article that the Blue Jays have already learned that "no amount of pitching depth can ever be enough. " Shane Bieber, Jose Berrios and Trey Yesavage are already dealing with ailments.

The Blue Jays still have healthy Kevin Gausman, Dylan Cease, Max Scherzer, Cody Ponce and Eric Lauer. "Over and over again, we’ve been left to wonder where the Blue Jays’ latest pitching addition will fit in," MLB. com wrote in an article with no byline.