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Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
You live in a fantasy world if you believe that. There's no stretch at all.
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No, he's right.
David Price's Wins above replacement with the Jays was 2.7 which is fantastic but the Jays almost certainly would have made the playoffs without him.
If you want it on a more micro-level...
Price Starts (Run Support) with Toronto: 5, 6, 3(L), 9, 12, 2(L), 5, 11, 9, 4, 10. The L denotes a loss. That is a hell of a lot of run support. Let's assume that instead of Price we had... say... Drew Hutchison making those starts. Hutch had an ERA of 5.57 last year so let's assume in those starts that's how many runs they'd give up (which is a pessimistic view) the Jays would have lost
3 more games then they actually did. The Jays won the division by 6.
David Price is an excellent pitcher but he wasn't the messiah of the Jays 2015 Season.