TORONTO - As the media horde surrounded Jose Bautista at one end of the Toronto Blue Jays’ clubhouse, R.A. Dickey quietly sifted through his personal items at the other.
Once a prized acquisition in a December 2012 trade with the New York Mets, one that cost them top-of-the-rotation starter Noah Syndergaard, the 41-year-old knuckleballer and pending free agent is now an afterthought.
Has been for some time, actually.
Dickey, who wasn’t on any of the post-season rosters, had come to grips with the fact his days in a Blue Jays uniform were dwindling, but Wednesday’s playoff exit made it real.