Blue Jays: Looking back at Chris Colabello

After an unexpectedly successful 2015, Chris Colabello looked poised to be a member of the Blue Jays lineup for several years to come, until a failed PED test derailed his 2016 season before it had hardly begun.

Baseball can be a fickle game. One minute you’re a star on the rise, and the next you’re a borderline afterthought. Unfortunately for Chris Colabello in Toronto, that’s exactly what happened last season.

Having been mostly a journeyman minor leaguer prior to 2013, Colabello joined the Blue Jays before the 2015 season, having shown enough the previous year with the Minnesota Twins to spark the Blue Jays’ interest. They obviously saw potential in the 1B/OFer, but it’s hard to imagine…