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- Kelly Johnson. The Jays seem to play a good style of baseball for his skills. He'll have his traditional high OBP and high power and will likely hit for a much better average in his first full year in Toronto.
- Colby Rasmus. See above. For whatever reason (ie, the Man in the White Shirt) hitters who have been given up on by their previous team seem to thrive as soon as they get north of the border.
- Adam "Ryan" Dunn. He can't be as bad as he was last year, right? I don't think he'll be back to pre-2011 levels, but splitting the difference between those extremes makes sense to me. 28 HRs sounds reasonable.
- Kendrys Morales. I believe he's back. The DH role in a loaded Angels lineup is perfect as he recovers from leg injuries. He won't need to exert himself too much on all those stand-up doubles.
- Jason Heyward. He still gets tied up a bit too often on inside pitches, mainly because he just has really long arms, but his bat speed is back thanks to a properly healed shoulder. He hit some absolute rockets out of the park this spring. I'm expecting another .380+ OBP season and 18-22 homers. Factor in the base-running and defense, which nearly alone accounted for his 2.2 fWAR last season, and it's not hard to fathom him being worth 4.5-5 wins this season.
- Colby Rasmus. See above. For whatever reason (ie, the Man in the White Shirt) hitters who have been given up on by their previous team seem to thrive as soon as they get north of the border.
- Adam "Ryan" Dunn. He can't be as bad as he was last year, right? I don't think he'll be back to pre-2011 levels, but splitting the difference between those extremes makes sense to me. 28 HRs sounds reasonable.
- Kendrys Morales. I believe he's back. The DH role in a loaded Angels lineup is perfect as he recovers from leg injuries. He won't need to exert himself too much on all those stand-up doubles.
- Jason Heyward. He still gets tied up a bit too often on inside pitches, mainly because he just has really long arms, but his bat speed is back thanks to a properly healed shoulder. He hit some absolute rockets out of the park this spring. I'm expecting another .380+ OBP season and 18-22 homers. Factor in the base-running and defense, which nearly alone accounted for his 2.2 fWAR last season, and it's not hard to fathom him being worth 4.5-5 wins this season.
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