It’s not very often that the Blue Jays take care of most of their off-season checklist before the calendar flips, but a fast-moving market has brought just that.
The major concern was addressing the starting rotation, but with Hyun-Jin Ryu, Tanner Roark, Chase Anderson, Matt Shoemaker (returning from injury), and even Shun Yamaguchi, the Blue Jays have taken care of the priority. They also needed a replacement for Justin Smoak and found a pretty solid bounce-back candidate in Travis Shaw, who signed a pillow contract to try and re-establish his value.