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Originally Posted by Jiggy_12
Also, according to fan graphs - combined WAR of ALL bluejays outfielders last year (if I added this up correctly) was 2.8.
Pillar, Hernandez, Carrera, Aoki, Cecilliani, Smith, Pearce, Saunders, Alford, Bautista, Coghlan - all of these guys amounted to less value than what we should expect next season from Grichuk if he posts his career average or better of 2.9 WAR (assuming 162 GP which admittedly is unlikely)
So yes, this certainly is an improvement on paper.
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The Jays should also improve their WAR by 3-5 with the middle infielders, whether it be Tulo/Travis actually staying healthy, Diaz/Solarte being better replacements than Goins/Barney or some combination of the two.
They should also see a 2-3 WAR improvement with a healthy Donaldson and a 2-3 WAR improvement with a healthy Sanchez.
Anything can happen, but all those factors on paper add up to being a wild card contender.