Hard to say you were wrong about what you saw, since you witnessed the absolute worst baseball of his career on a number of fronts. His Toronto stint was his nadir in batting line (.218/.258/.321/.579), normalized fWAR (-0.7 per 500 PA), normalized baserunning (3.7 RAA per 500 PA), and his UZR at second base was only 0.6 runs above average per 150 games.
But batted ball luck didn't treat him as kindly there (.277 BABIP compared to .332 over his career). He's only 2 seasons removed from a .296/.360/.393/.753, 2.8 fWAR, 40 SB, 78 run season with the Marlins, and he was a completely different player last year after joining the Royals (.285/.352/.348/.700, 2.8 fWAR per 500 PA, 10.0 baserunning RAA per 500 PA, and a 3.6 defensive fWAR per 150 games (combined from 31G at 2B and 6 apiece at 3B and CF). His UZR/150 at 2B was 1.5 RAA.
Bear in mind that as 2013 got underway he was still dealing with a fucked-up left thumb -- he had surgery in May 2012 after spraining it, costing him 2 months, then re-sprained it after returning in August -- as well as a sprained right knee that had ended his season in September. Based on that, I'm inclined to believe his time with the Jays was more of an outlier than a predictive glimpse.
But batted ball luck didn't treat him as kindly there (.277 BABIP compared to .332 over his career). He's only 2 seasons removed from a .296/.360/.393/.753, 2.8 fWAR, 40 SB, 78 run season with the Marlins, and he was a completely different player last year after joining the Royals (.285/.352/.348/.700, 2.8 fWAR per 500 PA, 10.0 baserunning RAA per 500 PA, and a 3.6 defensive fWAR per 150 games (combined from 31G at 2B and 6 apiece at 3B and CF). His UZR/150 at 2B was 1.5 RAA.
Bear in mind that as 2013 got underway he was still dealing with a fucked-up left thumb -- he had surgery in May 2012 after spraining it, costing him 2 months, then re-sprained it after returning in August -- as well as a sprained right knee that had ended his season in September. Based on that, I'm inclined to believe his time with the Jays was more of an outlier than a predictive glimpse.