I’ll be among the first to admit, I was starting to lose patience with the Blue Jays’ front office. It’s been tough to watch the free agent market that boasts plenty of available talent, while we simultaneously looked at the remaining holes on the Blue Jays’ roster. Slowly but surely, Ross Atkins and Mark Shapiro have filled the majority of those holes, and they’ve done so in a creatively intelligent way.
They needed to address the middle infield, and did so by trading for Aledmys Diaz and Yangervis Solarte. The two of them bring a great deal of versatility, cost certainty, and contract control, while providing a big upgrade over players like Ryan Goins and Darwin Barney from last year’s roster.