When it was all said and done, he’d appeared in fewer than half of the Blue Jays’ 162 games. Despite the lack of production, Springer sidestepped most of the criticism that is typically directed at the top-paid players who aren’t living up to their contracts. “George Springer, Teoscar (Hernández), Lourdes (Gurriel), Randal Grichuk, others that could help throughout the course of the season. Even if the Jays sign another impact infielder, whoever that ends up being will be hard-pressed to match Semien’s production. Before the Jays can live up to the hype, they need Springer to live up to his contract.

Source: thestar December 25, 2021 22:59 UTC