I agree that using Granderson as your everyday LF isn't noteworthy of a team trying to get the WC spot. As a bench player, no problem - welcomed with open arms. Anyway, I do think the Jays should have looked to retool this off-season with guys who are at their so-called peak. To me those are Pillar, Donaldson and Morales. Simply put, there would be a sucker who would give you something such as a prospect for Pillar's defence and simply the marketing that comes with it; Morales may not have a large market for but you could possibly get a CF or RF for him; and Donaldson you could get a grade A prospect and a player who can play today, at a minimum. So it would be a rebuild (which in baseball I'm personally not a fan of), but rather a retool for the future. Perhaps even next off-season you could then re-sign Donaldson if he's not signed already. They have to work towards something if they're going to cheap out, and if they're working toward the future, they're not going all in. They're neither here nor there, and that's troubling when their valuable FA's just walk away without getting reasonable value for the immediate future in return.
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