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Originally Posted by fleury
At this point the cat is fully out of the bag on what he brings, and the Jays won't get much value for him. Top 5 outfielder in the league in fielding, but not worth having on a championship starting lineup at this point. They'll get a C-level prospect and call it a day.
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No they'd get a bit more then that... not a lot more because he doesn't have the bat to justify that... he's an average MLB outfielder (among CF he has the 16th highest fWAR and 45th among all OF) with two years of team control remaining.
I love Kevin Pillar. Guy is drafted 979th overall and gets a 5K bonus everyone figures him for org depth filler but instead he busts his ass up the ladder and makes the major leagues. Great story. Having said that I'd definitely explore trading him this winter.
The shame is that he could have been one of the greats except for one near-fatal flaw... can't lay off enough bad pitches. Seriously with his baserunning, contact, and what pop that he has he could have been a perennial 20/20 high average guy with gold glove D if he just had better plate discipline/strike zone judgement.