Toronto Blue Jays: The good and bad from the week that was

Good: A new cornerstone of the middle infield?

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Second baseman Devon Travis had never played ball beyond Double-A, yet he finds himself with a line of .261/.346/.435 after Opening Week.

Since the days of All-Star Roberto Alomar at second base in Toronto, there have always been questions as to who can play the position anywhere close to Alomar’s caliber.

The original plan heading into Spring Training was to have Ryan Goins and Maicer Izturis platoon at second base. The rookie Travis was also acquired this winter in an offseason trade with the Detroit Tigers for outfielder Anthony Gose. He is now all that remains from the “Doc Deal” and appears to be a valuable addition to Toronto’s baseball club.

Sending him down to Buffalo to play with the Bisons seemed to be in the cards, but after an injury to Izturis, an injury to Ramon Santiago and the lack of production at the plate by Goins, the team decided to go with Travis.

He has early signs of flashing leather close to Alomar’s credentials and is not too bad at the plate either. Travis has scored five runs through seven games. In addition, he hit his first career home run at Yankee Stadium. That’s a dream any baseball player would want to fulfill. Travis hit the home run off Chris Shreve in the 7th inning. It might be too early to say that he will maintain consistent success at the plate, but you can’t deny how special a 24-year-old Travis appears to be.

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