It's remarkable that the Toronto Blue Jays have put themselves in the driver's seat to win a division title this season, but even more remarkable in the context of last winter.

Toronto's biggest investment by far between the end of last season and the start of the new one was outfielder/designated hitter Anthony Santander, who signed a five-year, $92.5 million contract with a club option for 2030. That signing has yet to pay dividends of any kind.

Santander played 50 games for the Blue Jays before hitting the injured list with shoulder troubles in late May. In that span, he posted a gruesome .577 OPS and -1.0 bWAR, a metric that maintains Santander has been the least valuable player of anyone on Toronto's roster this season.

For weeks now, Santander has been on his way back, but his ini

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