It wasn’t that long ago that Yankee fans were dreading having to face the likes of Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion and Josh Donaldson 19 times a year. It’s remarkable how quickly rosters can change, and there’s now exactly zero Blue Jays on the 40-man roster who were on the team in their last playoff appearance, the 2016 ALCS.
Instead, that feared core lineup has been replaced by dynamic young hitters, who while still developing, should make the season pretty exciting in Toronto. Last year’s top prospect Vlad Guerrero Jr. was merely fine in his first taste of big-league action, with a 105 wRC+ dragged down by an inability to generate fly balls.