The Oakland Athletics had a budding star in Josh Donaldson, a Third Baseman, who was an All-Star in 2014 and finished in the top ten in MVP voting the past two years. Knowing that Donaldson would soon command a higher price, the Athletics traded him for multiple players, resulting in one of the best deals in Toronto history.
The Blue Jays felt they were on the cusp of a special team and went all in with the Donaldson trade. He rewarded their faith with an MVP season, where he smacked 41 Home Runs, led the American League in Runs (122) and RBIs (123), and secured his first Silver Slugger. Toronto made it to the ALCS, a lot of which was due to Donaldson.
Donaldson was again the anchor in 2016 for Toronto’s return to the ALCS, where he went to his third straight All-Star Game with a 37 Home Run/99 RBI year and a fourth-place MVP finish. After another good year in 2017 (33 HR/78 RBI), Toronto was a team that was struggling, and they dealt their star Third Baseman to Cleveland.
With Toronto, Donaldson batted .281 with 492 Hits and 116 Home Runs.
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