Blue Jays playoff X-factor #4: Dalton Pompey

With just two sleeps standing between the Toronto Blue Jays and playoff baseball, we continue to count down their top-5 X-factors entering the ALDS. As I explained in regards to number five on the list, Justin Smoak, an X-factor is a player with the widest range of potential outcomes. This brings us to Dalton Pompey, whose speed alone could tilt a game from the bottom of the roster.

Pompey entered the season as a blue chip prospect with the door wide open in centre field, but a slow start landed him back in the minor leagues for the majority of 2015. To his credit, Pompey ironed out his troubles to dominate during the latter half of the season, and has returned to the Blue Jays as their most…