Teoscar Hernandez said that as the playoff pairings were being determined down the stretch of the MLB season last year, he heard talk among his team — the Blue Jays at the time — that they preferred to face the Mariners.
Hernandez’s reaction? Au contraire.
“I was one of the ones to say no, because of the really good team they had,” Hernandez said at Wednesday’s annual pre-spring training luncheon at T-Mobile Park. “They had a really good pitching staff, starting and relievers. I didn’t want to face that in the playoffs. I wasn’t happy.”
