Once upon a time the Blue Jays had a young third baseman who looked like had the tools to be a perennial All-Star. The club had acquired Brett Lawrie from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Shaun Marcum, and he burst on to the scene as a rookie in 2011, lighting it up at the plate in his 43 games played.
However, after four seasons of mixed results, mostly due to injury, Brett Lawrie eventually found himself on the other side of a Blue Jays’ trade, as he was shipped to the Oakland A’s as part of the package that brought Josh Donaldson.