The year was 2017, the season for the Blue Jays was looking like a long one due to an obscene amount of injuries and underperformance by some key players. The middle infield picture was supposed to be Troy Tulowitzki at SS and Devon Travis at 2B. However, by the first week of June, Travis was lost for the season, and on the 29th of July, Tulo was also down for the count. In total, Tulo would manage to play 66 games, and Travis would only suit up for 50 games.
Jays fans would watch as Ryan Goins and Darwin Barney would play the lion share of the middle infield innings in 2017.