Ya I hate seeing numbers too far from the past. The stat nerds seem to think players are robots who perform the same year to year.
The infield defense with Barger at 3B would be relatively the same. The Jays could have also upgraded their OF defense with Straw or Lukes since theyre going against a fly ball team.
Some people will always selectively pull numbers to help support their narrative. Anyways, we won with IKF doing nothing last game so let's hope we can do the same today.