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Toronto Blue Jays: The 2010s All-Decade team

By Tyson Shushkewich

TORONTO, ON - JULY 22: A banner showing the retired number 32, belonging to former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay, is updated with the National Baseball Hall of Fame logo, after Halladay was inducted into the Hall of Fame on July 21st, 2019, seen during a MLB game against the Cleveland Indians at Rogers Centre on July 22, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON - JULY 22: A banner showing the retired number 32, belonging to former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay, is updated with the National Baseball Hall of Fame logo, after Halladay was inducted into the Hall of Fame on July 21st, 2019, seen during a MLB game against the Cleveland Indians at Rogers Centre on July 22, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images) /
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All-Decade Blue Jays Infield

Devon Travis, Second Base

  • 2015-2018 (4 seasons)
  • 35 Home Runs; 153 RBI’s
  • 101 OPS+; 6.6 bWAR
  • 316 games

If this article was writing about the 2000-2010 All-Decade team, then Aaron Hill would most likely win this honor. Unfortunately, Hill would be traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2011 on the heels of a rough two years, leaving a merry-go-round of infielders to play second over the next decade.

Devon Travis was acquired by the Blue Jays from the Detroit Tigers in 2014 and would make his debut for the organization in 2015.

During his time with the Blue Jays, Travis has been a consistent player when he is healthy and on the field. Travis has only mustered 316 games through the past 4 seasons due to various injuries, mostly having to do with his knees. He was able to muster a .274/.314/.437 slash line when he was healthy, with the 2015 and 2016 seasons being his best statistical years.

His stats would begin to trend downwards after the 2016 season, and he was out-righted to the minors this off-season after not playing a single game during the 2019 campaign. The Toronto Blue Jays did not want to offer him arbitration and Travis is now currently a free agent.

Devon Travis is a player that really could have been something special if he just could get the injury monkey off his back and stay on the field.

This position was pretty difficult to find a real winner for the All-Decade team slot, as the Blue Jays have used approximately 38 different players at second base during the 2010-2019 seasons. Cavan Biggio is currently at second base, and if he was in the majors a few years ago, he would probably take this honor over Travis.

In the end, Travis had the best bWAR out of the 38 players and one of the better slash lines, he was just never healthy enough to be around long term.

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