A surprising trade shakes up the top; will that happen again by next year?
There are different ways of measuring tenure, and that can make a significant difference in a ranking of tenure. When I started tracking this in 2015, I was using total time in the organization and credit service time with the Blue Jays since I had them from other purposes. I’ve since added a couple additional measures.
One recent complication is the proration of service time due to shortened seasons, principally in 2020. This creates a bit of a conundrum when it comes to comparing across years, as a partial full season can represent more actual days of service but less credited service time. Trent Thornton, Anthony Kay and Nate Pearson all had more actual days of service time in 2021 than 2021, but were credited with less service time.
Beyond that, there is considerable continuity with only one other of the top 10 having departed. Whereas two years ago no player had three years of service with the Jays and only three had two or more, it now takes almost three years to even make the list, albeit in some cases one of those seasons was highly truncated.
Here too there’s just the four departures noted above, with the backend joined by players who only became regulars in the past couple years in Jordan Romano, Santiago Espinal, and Alejandro Kirk. Another fully healthy season leapfrogged Bo Bichette over Cavan Biggio. Alek Manoah is just on the doorstep, and should be remain healthy with even a little turnover, he should be on the list next year.
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