In a November 7th radio interview with the Fan 590’s Lead Off here, Blue Jays President and CEO Mark Shapiro said that “we’re going to have to be aggressive on every level of the free agent starting pitcher landscape.”
However, Shapiro also noted that “if you look at the history of free agent pitching contracts, it is a really, really, really high-risk area to play in.”
Shapiro did say the Jays would be one of many teams interested in Gerrit Cole:
“Dollars are not going to be our challenge, which hasn’t always been the case.