Before pitchers and catchers report to spring training, we’re checking in to see how each team has fared thus far this off-season, acknowledging that there’s still time for that evaluation to change. Teams will be presented in reverse order of finish from 2016. Next up: the Toronto Blue Jays.
2016 Results
89–73 (.549), second place in American League East; lost ALCS to Indians
Key Departures
RHP Joaquin Benoit, LHP Brett Cecil, RHP R.A. Dickey, 1B Edwin Encarnacion, RHP Scott Feldman, OF Michael Saunders
Key Arrivals
LHP J.P. Howell, DH Kendrys Morales, 1B/OF Steve Pearce, C Jarrod Saltalamacchia, RHP Joe Smith
Offseason In Review
The Jays lost one big fish and kept another this off-season, with Encarnacion taking his power bat to Cleveland but veteran rightfielder Jose Bautista staying in the Great White North.