The off-season hasn’t gone exactly as planned, and Mark Shapiro was even willing to admit that it’s played out in an unusual fashion. Shapiro gave Sportsnet 590 listeners some perspective on a variety of topics including the bullpen situation, Jose Bautista & Edwin Encarnacion, John Gibbons, and much more.
As has been well-documented, the Blue Jays off-season hasn’t played out in the way that many fans hoped it would. The low point thus far has been the departure of Encarnacion to Cleveland, but there have been others as well. Mostly, it’s been a lack of movement on the big league roster that has been a source of frustration on social media, at least recently.