It sure doesn’t feel that way for myself and likely others as well. People are discussing the outside chance that they do make the wild-card game, but the majority of the chatter is still about the 2018 Blue Jays and the roster.
In my mind, the Blue Jays top priority going into the off-season is finding a legitimate backup catcher to help take the load off of Russell Martin who will be heading into his age 35 season in 2018. The Blue Jays will likely have the following back on the roster for 2018:
- Catcher – Russell Martin
- 1st base – Justin Smoak
- 2nd base – Devon Travis
- 3rd base – Josh Donaldson
- Shortstop – Troy Tulowitzki
- Left field – Steve Pearce
- Center field – Kevin Pillar
- Right field – Vacant
- Rotation – Aaron Sanchez, Marcus Stroman, J.