Blue Jays using varied strategy this offseason

The Blue Jays struck early in free agency, bringing in Kendrys Morales shortly after the market opened. Since then, patience has largely paid off for the front office.

It’s been an interesting offseason for the Blue Jays, in that it hasn’t played out likely many (myself included) expected it would.

When it began, I predicted the Jays would bring back Edwin Encarnacion and Brett Cecil, and let the rest of their free agents walk, including Jose Bautista. I may have been correct on Michael Saunders and possibly on Dioner Navarro, but I clearly didn’t envision things playing out the way they did. And that’s not necessarily all bad.

The Blue Jays have employed a largely patient strategy to their…