When the Blue Jays signed Randal Grichuk to a five year extension before the 2019 season began, I’ll admit that I thought it was a brilliant move on the part of the front office. Locking him up for just over 10 million AAV (annual average value) seemed like a more than reasonable deal, especially after the way he performed after the all-star break last year, seemingly finally putting things together and becoming the player many have always thought he would.
Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to carry that second half momentum into this season, and has struggled at times throughout the 2019 campaign.