The Jays have replaced:
Goins 29 (-0.2 WAR)
Barney 32 (-0.7 WAR)
Bautista 37 (-1.7 WAR)
-2.6 WAR total
with:
Diaz 26 (-0.7 WAR) <-3.5 WAR in 2016 though
Solarte 30 (1.3 WAR)
Granderson 36 (1.5 WAR)
+2.1 WAR total
That's a potential 5 win gain, maybe even more if Travis/Tulo can stay healthy or Diaz bounces back to his 2016 form.
Plus the top three cost $21.5 million, where as the bottom three will cost $10 million and overall are younger.
These off-season moves so far aren't bad at all, whether you want the Jays to sell or not.
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