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Originally Posted by Muffins
Jays should get him just for name alone. Jurickson Barthelomeus Profar.
Funny that MLB.com lists him as 3B but he hasn't played it since 2018. Although he had two all world defensive 3B's with Chapman in Oak then Machado in SD on his teams.
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Also his HR robbery from Betts in the playoffs last year suggests to me that his OF defense is pretty good.
He's a higher risk/reward guy. He actually had a higher WAR than Santander last season, but that was a career year. If he's a late bloomer type (eg Justin Turner, Jose Bautista) maybe he repeats that. He will be way cheaper than Santander because of the inconsistency.
I like it as a signing - the Jays are going to need some luck to be winners this year - high upside/low cost signings who might keep it together with little term seems like a good place to look for it.
And with Varsho out at the start you could play him CF initially then move him to left and bump Santander to DH when Varsho comes back. Or maybe he really does play 3B...