DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Freddy Galvis clearly enjoys paying tribute to the players who came before him, because less than a week after being in camp with the Blue Jays, he has already decided to change numbers.

Galvis has decided against wearing No. 19 this season and instead switched to No. 16. The reason? Longtime Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista.

The 29-year-old Galvis initially picked 19 because that was the number Marco Estrada wore the last two seasons in Toronto. Then, once Galvis reported to camp, he was reminded of the fact that Bautista wore No. 19 from 2010-17, which prompted the change.

"I respect the guy and the job he did for Toronto and I decided not to use that number," Galvis said Wednesday afternoon. "For my part, I have to show some respect to him because he's a really good player and I just left that number."

Galvis' current No. 16 doesn't hold much significance. The native of Venezuela wore No. 13 during the first seven years of his career, with six in Philadelphia and one in San Diego, but that number is taken by infielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Galvis didn't want to come in and ask for someone else's number, so instead he went with the approach of honoring former players.

Estrada was Galvis' favorite Blue Jays player from afar and that prompted the first pick. While it was meant as a tribute, Galvis also didn't want to step on any toes by selecting Bautista's former jersey.

Toronto has only retired two numbers in franchise history -- Roberto Alomar's No. 12 and Roy Halladay's No. 32 -- but Bautista is considered a lock for the Level of Excellence, if not the retired number like those two Hall of Famers.

"It's the name on the shirt that means a lot to me," Galvis said pointing to a Blue Jays logo on his chest. "I'm good with whatever number they give me."

First day of live batting practice

The Blue Jays held their first day of batting practice between pitchers and position players on Wednesday afternoon. Left-hander Ryan Borucki, right-hander Sam Gaviglio, lefty Thomas Pannone and Rule 5 pick Elvis Luciano were among the pitchers who faced hitters for the first time this spring.

Toronto will repeat the live batting practice again on Thursday before easing up just a bit on Friday as the club takes a light day on the eve of the Grapefruit League season opener. There was some noticeable rust from the pitchers early on, including Luciano, who scattered his fastball at times and at one point hit outfielder Teoscar Hernadez with a pitch.

"Usually that happens, and he's fine," Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said of the hit by pitch. "After he got hit, he hit a home run, so he's fine. Those are the toughest days, because the days are really long but everything went really smooth."

Planning ahead

Toronto is expected to be a little bit more creative with its lineups this season and that's one reason Montoyo is going to be planning ahead. Montoyo plans to map out all spring lineups five days in advance so that players will know where they are playing and when they are hitting with a lot of notice.

Brandon Drury, Gurriel, Cavan Biggio, Richard Urena and Devon Travis are just a few of the players who are going to move around the field. Toronto has been emphasizing versatility, but especially in the case of Travis, some of these positions might be brand new.

Travis played a handful of games in center field for the Tigers earlier in his Minor League career, but Toronto is going to have him play a little bit of left field this spring.

"I have five days of lineups and stuff so that way everybody is prepared," Montoyo said. "If I have a second baseman and he's going to play third base, he knows he has two or three days to take ground balls and be ready to play there. That's the whole idea behind it. And honestly, if they have family coming, we can rotate it from one day to another, because that's important to me, too."