Fast postseason exits in 2022 and 2023 left the Blue Jays questioning final winter if their core roster was ok to compete for a World Sequence. Heading into this offseason, the query is now if the Jays’ core may even nonetheless contend in any respect, after the workforce cratered to a 74-88 report. In what might doubtlessly be Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s final season in Toronto, the Jays are underneath monumental stress to show issues round.
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2025 monetary commitments: $117.72MMTotal future commitments: $246.22MM
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After a relatively common 2023 season, Guerrero responded with an enormous 12 months that re-established him as one among baseball’s high hitters. Daulton Varsho additionally improved to roughly league-average offense, and continued his distinctive glovework in Toronto’s outfield. Alejandro Kirk has quietly turn into one thing of the catching equal of Varsho, as a standout defender whose bat leaves one thing to be desired. Kevin Gausman, Jose Berrios, and Chris Bassitt had been extra good than nice this season however they create lots of sturdiness and basic effectiveness to the rotation. They’re going to be joined in subsequent 12 months’s employees by Bowden Francis, whose sudden emergence within the second half made him like a budding ace, not to mention merely worthy of a beginning function.
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