TORONTO -- When you’re one of the best teams in baseball, roster moves get tricky.

Joey Loperfido woke up this morning batting .358 with a .915 OPS over 30 games for the Blue Jays, but he’s been optioned to Triple-A for George Springer , who returns today from the 7-day concussion IL. Manager John Schneider has known some of these difficult conversations were coming, given all of the talent this team has to choose from.

“At this point, there’s not really a person deserving of being optioned to the Minors or sent down,” Schneider said. “He understood that. He got that. Joey handled it like a pro. He’s obviously bummed, but he understood that it’s where we’re at. It’s definitely a tough one, especially because what he’s been working on has translated up here.”

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