I can’t help but laugh at the way the narrative has changed about the Blue Jays’ off-season over the last few days. That’ll happen when you sign a high-priced free agent target, as the Blue Jays did when they landed Hyun-Jin Ryu to head their starting rotation.
I’ll be the first to admit that I was critical of Ross Atkins and Mark Shapiro, and with every difference maker that came off of the free agent board, I started to worry that they’d be left empty-handed. There were a pile of rumours of course, but just as we’ve gotten used to over the years, the Blue Jays were always the bridesmaid and never the bride with free agent pursuits.