Brantley is a fantastic hitter just no confidence he would stay healthy.
I don’t take his decision as any disrespect to the Jays. A player to prepare for a Major League season has to make a physical commitment to his body to prepare for a long Season. Its very likely he himself didn’t want to go through that again. Considering all the time he has spent rehabbing the last several years as well. Rehab and training for a physical grind is not easy. You can’t half ass it otherwise you see the results of players who show up out of shape and not prepared to play and compete.