"One of the most jarring images to come out of the early days of Spring Training had to be the sight of Chirs Bassitt wearing the Baltimore Orioles uniform. For whatever reason it just looks so unnatural to see a guy who represented the Blue and White so well to now be wearing enemy orange."
"Buck Showalter, who didn't have many fans in Toronto to begin with as he was a long-time manager of a couple of Blue Jays' division rivals. He helmed the New York Yankees from 1992-95 and then after stints in Arizona and Texas he led the Orioles from 2010-2018. That was during a time period when both the Orioles and the Blue Jays were rising back to prominence and with the Blue Jays being led by the charismatic José Bautista, Josh Donaldson and others, things could get heated between the two clubs and Showalter was sometimes a lightning rod for that electricity."
""Chris Bassitt, I said the other day, may be the best signing of the offseason... He's going to come in and go, let's get after it... I'm surprised other teams didn't jump on him because he's a guy. He's a guy."
Chris Bassitt joined the Baltimore Orioles on a one-year, $18 million deal and is now wearing Orioles orange after previously representing the Toronto Blue Jays. The uniform change surprised and unsettled many Blue Jays fans who had admired his time in Toronto. Buck Showalter publicly praised the signing, calling Bassitt possibly the best acquisition of the offseason and emphasizing Bassitt’s competitive presence with the remark, "He's a guy." Historical rivalry context between the Orioles and Blue Jays adds extra emotional sting to Bassitt's move during Spring Training.
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