2010's
This decade began with a bang for the Blue Jays and a renewed sense of optimism thanks in large part to one guy; José Bautista. He broke the franchise record for home runs in a single season and became the first Blue Jay to reach 50 in a year. He kick started a movement that really felt like baseball was not only fun to watch again in Toronto, but he brought an attitude that the team had seemed to be missing for years.
Bautista (38.4) led the charge as the Blue Jays finally put together another postseason run aided by the talents of Edwin Encarnacion (24.9) Josh Donaldson (19.4), Kevin Pillar (14), J.A. Happ (10.2) Marco Estrada (9.6), and Russell Martin (8.1).
These weren't the only guys that made those runs in 2015 and 2016 a possibility, but their career WARs as Blue Jays standout among their peers. They were also a part of a group that fell agonizingly short of their ultimate goal, losing back to back American League Championship Series.
2020's
There's one player on the Blue Jays all-time career WAR list who standout as a great Blue Jay but never got this close to the World Series, and that player is Teoscar Hernandez. Teo, like Bautista, started to solidify himself as a guy that could be the main power threat in a Blue Jays lineup that was starting to blossom.
But after a disappointing finish in the 2022 postseason, Hernandez was traded, meaning he would only get as close as the Wild Card series in a Blue Jays uniform, despite his 10.6 bWAR.
Full List:
Dave Stieb, George Bell, Jesse Barfield, Lloyd Moseby, Ernie Whitt, Jim Clancy, Doyle Alexander. Rance Mulliniks, Willie Upshaw, Damaso Garcia,
Carlos Delgado, Roy Halladay, Vernon Wells, Alex Rios, Shannon Stewart, Aaron Hill, Shawn Green, Orlando Hudson, Adam Lind, Roger Clemens, José Cruz, Paul Quantrill, Ricky Romero, Shaun Marcum.
José Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion, Josh Donaldson, Kevin Pillar, J.A. Happ, Marco Estrada, Russell Martin.
Teoscar Hernandez.
