The allure of a contract year can be exciting for a player of Jose Bautista's ilk. Coming off a season where he just produced 4.5 fWAR with a 148 wRC+, the thought was that his wallet was about to put on a substantial amount of weight.
Today, that thought has nearly evaporated. If that's not true, it's certainly true that a lot of Blue Jays fans are less willing to be the ones making that wallet so heavy.
After missing more than a month with turf toe earlier this year, Bautista was once again placed on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday with a sprained knee. At the earliest, this puts Bautista out of the Jays' lineup until August 24th, leaving a possible 37 games for Bautista to play in for the remainder of the seasonassuming he suits up for 37 consecutively which he most likely will not.