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OT: The Toronto Blue Jays

Yeah, Gunnar (119 wRC+) is a stud and Adley (88) should be one too, but he and Westburg (87) have underperformed so far. But Cowser (56), Mayo (-30), Kjerstad (75) have been huge disappointments after not getting a shot for so long. But still, their pitching has been even worse and that's on the GM for not properly addressing it in the off-season. According to the rumour mill, the new ownership made money available for free agency, but the GM has "smartest guy in the room" syndrome and wants a homegrown core to show off how brilliant he is. Not sure how hard he tried to re-sign Corbin Burnes in the offseason, but as we learned, sometimes the player wants to sign elsewhere regardless of what you offer them (and Burnes himself hasn't been great so far).
 
Plausible Best Possible Lineup....

...using this year's stats only:

1. DH Springer 165pa, .374obp, 140wrc+, 3.2war/650
2. 1B Guerrero 203pa, .394obp, 137wrc+, 3.5war/650
3. CF Varsho 57pa, .263obp, 138wrc+, 9.1war/650
4. SS Bichette 211pa, .341obp, 121wrc+, 3.1war/650
5. C Kirk 142pa, .310obp, 95wrc+, 4.6war/650
6. LF Lukes 88pa, .349obp, 118wrc+, 1.5war/650
7. RF Straw 81pa, .333obp, 111wrc+, 5.6war/650
8. 3B Barger 80pa, .288obp, 97wrc+, 4.9war/650
9. 2B Clement 134pa, .295obp, 82wrc+, 3.4war/650

B. UT Santander 178pa, .264obp, 64wrc+, -2.6war/650
B. OF Roden 84pa, .262obp, 53wrc+, 0.8war/650
B. IF Gimenez 143pa, .273obp, 68wrc+, 1.4war/650
B. C Heineman 47pa, .404obp, 171wrc+, 13.8war/650

X. UT Schneider 21pa, .333obp, 54wrc+, 0.0war/650
X. IF Wagner 68pa, .284obp, 52wrc+, -2.9war/650
X. IF Stefanic 8pa, .250obp, 39wrc+, 0.0war/650
X. OF Clase 25pa, .125obp, -28wrc+, -7.8war/650




...using Past 1 Calendar year stats:

1. RF Springer 609pa, .332obp, 116wrc+, 2.5war/650
2. 1B Guerrero 711pa, .494obp, 170wrc+, 5.5war/650
3. DH Santander 671pa, .300obp, 117wrc+, 2.7war/650
4. C Kirk 436pa, .326obp, 102wrc+, 3.6war/650
5. CF Varsho 419pa, .285obp, 101wrc+, 4.3war/650
6. SS Bichette 379pa, .311obp, 98wrc+, 2.1war/650
7. LF Lukes 179pa, .360obp, 125wrc+, 3.3war/650
8. 3B Clement 500pa, .289obp, 93wrc+, 3.3war/650
9. 2B Gimenez 591pa, .284obp, 74wrc+, 2.2war/650

B. UT Barger 287pa, .273obp, 87wrc+, 1.6war/650
B. OF Straw 85pa, .329obp, 107wrc+, 5.4war/650
B. IF Jimenez 210pa, .329obp, 102wrc+, 1.5war/650
B. C Heineman 61pa, .377obp, 139wrc+, 10.7war/650

X. UT Schneider 356pa, .256obp, 57wrc+, -1.3war/650
X. OF Loperfido 223pa, .248obp, 65wrc+, -0.6war/650
X. IF Wagner 154pa, .314obp, 93wrc+, 1.3war/650
X. C Bethancourt 90pa, .281obp, 111wrc+, 5.1war/650

X. UT Roden 84pa, .262obp, 53wrc+, 0.8war/650
X. OF Clase 63pa, .258obp, 58wrc+, -1.0war/650
X. IF Stefanic 132pa, .298obp, 62wrc+, -2.0war/650
X. C Sanchez 96pa, .211obp, 11wrc+, -1.4war/650




....using Fangraphs Rest of Season Combined Projections:

1. SS Bichette 461pa, .329obp, 118wrc+, 3.8war/650
2. 1B Guerrero 486pa, .373obp, 145wrc+, 4.0war/650
3. DH Santander 471pa, .311obp, 117wrc+, 2.1war/650
4. C Kirk 317pa, .341obp, 115wrc+, 5.9war/650
5. CF Varsho 441pa, .297obp, 106wrc+, 3.4war/650
6. RF Springer 431pa, .327obp, 111wrc+, 2.3war/650
7. 2B Gimenez 411pa, .319obp, 103wrc+, 4.0war/650
8. 3B Barger 251pa, .310obp, 105wrc+, 2.8war/650
9. LF Lukes 150pa, .337obp, 111wrc+, 2.6war/650

B. UT Wagner 135pa, .344obp, 111wrc+, 2.4war/650
B. OF Roden 226pa, .335obp, 108wrc+, 2.0war/650
B. IF Clement 246pa, .302obp, 97wrc+, 2.6war/650
B. C Heineman 124pa, .314obp, 88wrc+, 4.2war/650

X. UT Stefanic 20pa, .358obp, 111wrc+, 3.3war/650
X. OF Schneider 65pa, .321obp, 107wrc+, 2.0war/650
X. IF Jimenez 20pa, .334obp, 110wrc+, 3.3war/650
X. C Bethancourt 23pa, .278obp, 92wrc+, 2.8war/650

X. UT Martinez 65pa, .278obp, 87wrc+, 1.0war/650
X. OF Loperfido 20pa, .293obp, 92wrc+, 0.0war/650
X. OF Clase 45pa, .292obp, 86wrc+, 1.4war/650
X. OF Straw 60pa, .304obp, 79wrc+, 1.1war/650
 
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