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Toronto Blue Jays: Top Five Fantasy Options For 2015

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Fantasy baseball owners may not think of the Toronto Blue Jays as a team flush with good fantasy options, but they have top-tier options at multiple spots across the diamond.

Here are my top five Blue Jays for fantasy owners in 2015.

5. P Aaron Sanchez

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5. P Aaron Sanchez

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Marcus Stroman's knee injury may put Sanchez in Toronto's starting rotation, but it's also possible he pitches out of the bullpen and eventually becomes the closer. Either way, I like Sanchez as an asset to fantasy owners and he is worth targeting late in mixed league drafts.

4. SS Jose Reyes

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4. SS Jose Reyes

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Reyes stayed fairly healthy last year (143 games), and he again posted solid across the board numbers (.287, nine home runs, 51 RBI, 30 stolen bases and 94 runs scored). Durability concerns aren't going away, but Reyes' multi-category production still puts him in the upper echelon of fantasy shortstops even with a high level of risk attached.

3. OF Jose Bautista

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3. OF Jose Bautista

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After two injury-marred seasons, Bautista played 155 games in 2014 and his numbers (.286, 35 home runs, 103 RBI and 101 runs scored) rebounded in concert with good health. "Joey Bats" is an asset in leagues that use on-base percentage as a category (.403 in 2014), and he may be eligible at first base (12 games played last year) is some leagues.

2. 1B Edwin Encarnacion

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2. 1B Edwin Encarnacion

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A strained right quad kept Encarnacion out for more than a month last year, but he still hit 34 home runs and drove in 98 runs along with 75 runs scored. His age (32) and potential durability concerns have to be on the radar of fantasy owners, but all things considered Encarnacion is an under-appreciated three-category fantasy producer (home runs, RBI, runs) that won't hurt you in a fourth (batting average).

1. 3B Josh Donaldson

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1. 3B Josh Donaldson

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Donaldson followed his 2013 breakout (24 home runs and 93 RBI) with more home runs (29) and RBI (98) in 2014. Moving to a much more hitter-friendly home park puts 30 home runs and 100 RBI into the realm of possibility, with a batting average somewhere between last year (.255) and 2013 (.301). It would not be a big surprise to see Donaldson finish 2015 as the top fantasy third baseman.

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