Going into the 2018 season I believed the Blue Jays would have an improved defensive team. They upgraded in right field from Jose Bautista to Randal Grichuk, brought in Curtis Granderson to platoon in left (which was an upgrade over Steve Pearce playing full-time), and shored up the middle infield with Yangervis Solarte and Aledmys Diaz.
The latter two names weren’t an improvement on defence, but the hope was that their upgraded offensive contributions would make up for whatever Ryan Goins and Darwin Barney brought to the table last year with their gloves.