Baseball’s deadline to tender a contract to rostered players was on Friday evening at 8pm EST, and the Blue Jays had 11 players that they had to make a decision on. Most were easy, but in the end Mark Shapiro and Ross Atkins decided not to tender a contract to two of the 11, Tom Koehler, and long time Jays’ veteran, Ryan Goins.
Koehler was no surprise because he was expected to get a raise to near the six million dollar mark through arbitration, and by cutting him loose the Jays could theoretically bring him back at a cheaper rate if they so choose.