Former Blue Jays who will be eligible for the 2023 Hall of Fame Ballot

Jayson Werth

Primarily known for his seven seasons with the Washington Nationals, outfielder Jayson Werth actually began his Major League career with the Toronto Blue Jays after originally being drafted in the first round of the 1997 MLB Draft by the Baltimore Orioles.

Originally beginning his professional career as a catcher with the Orioles, Werth would be traded to the Blue Jays during the 2000/2001 offseason in exchange for pitcher John Bale and his new club decided to move him to the outfield with the organization already possessing enough catchers at the higher minor league levels. The righty-batter would make his MLB debut with the Jays as a September call-up in 2002 and would spend the next campaign split between both the minor and big league levels. As a member of the Blue Jays, Werth would appear in 41 games and would post a .681 OPS through 94 at-bats.

Werth would be traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers prior to the 2004 campaign in exchange for relief pitcher Jason Frasor and would 13 more seasons in the Majors split between the Dodgers, Phillies, and Nationals organizations. He signed a minor-league deal with the Seattle Mariners for the 2018 campaign but would retire halfway through the year after a hamstring injury put him on the IL. He would finish his career with a .267/.360/.455 slash line, 229 home runs, 799 RBI, and a .816 OPS, earning one All-Star appearance in 2008 and winning a World Series with the Phillies in 2009.

While he does have the highest bWAR of the group mentioned in this article at 29.2, Werth will most likely see his name on the ballot but it will be a very long road ahead of him if he wants to see his name in Cooperstown if he meets the five percent threshold.