Baseball in Fort Wayne

Just yesterday, I was thinking that I hadn’t seen any news on former Wizard Matt Bush since he ended up in Tornoto. Then comes this – with a hat tip to Friar John:

J.P. Ricciardi and player development director Dickie Scott could not have been any clearer with Matt Bush, the former first-overall pick of the San Diego Padres whose checkered past now has him with the Toronto Blue Jays.

“We’re big on second chances,” Ricciardi, the Blue Jays general manager said. “Third chances? We’re not so big on that.”

There are people in uniform who will tell you Bush has the best slider in camp. Roy Halladay, for one, might make the case after watching one of Bush’s bullpen sessions with reliever B.J. Ryan. “Some kinda arm,” Halladay said.

Add former Wizard, LaTroy Hawkins to the USA WBC roster. In a bit of an ironic twist, he replaces the Twins’ closer, Joe Nathan. Hawkins was a dominant set-up man for the Twins way back in the day.

Former Wizards catcher, Chad Moeller is hoping to win a spot with Baltimore even as uber-prospect Matt Weiters breathes down his neck:

But you won’t find Moeller, a nine-year veteran, obsessing over his lot in life. Instead, you’ll find a player whose perspective has gotten better with age, a backstop who knows he has more to give a big league team. Moeller, who has bounced through five teams since 2006, is hoping to stick with the Orioles as long as he can.

Corey Brock has spring trianing video of Chase Headley demonstrating how he has to throw differently in making the conversion from third base to left field.