The Blue Jays were banking on signing some of the available second-tier pitchers from the free-agent crop as the high profile big guns were out of their league. It appeared the team planned to remedy their starting pitching void with the likes of Jake Odorizzi and Kyle Gibson.
Unfortunately, the Blue Jays were unsuccessful in swaying neither pitcher north of the border as Odorizzi eventually accepted his qualifying offer and Gibson soaked the Rangers for a 3 year/ $30 million dollar commitment.
The brain trust has a ton of financial flexibility to play with this offseason, however, judging by the initial moves they are not prepared to overpay to land their desired target.