The Toronto Blue Jays are setting themselves up for a major season. Signing the top outfielder available in George Springer, one of the top offensive middle infielders in Marcus Semien (reportedly), one of the top relievers Kirby Yates, and trading for a starter that, with a change of scenery, can possibly fulfill the potential seen by many when he was ranked the 15th prospect in all of baseball in Steven Matz. Add all of those new faces to this new place (whether it be in Buffalo or Dunedin) to the young core of Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichete, Cavan Biggio, and Teoscar Hernandez makes a team that is ready to make a serious run at the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays for the title of the American League East. The lineup is deep but the rotation needed so help and they got it with a reclamation project in Matz.
With the Yankees not wanting to go over the luxury tax threshold, which as of right now stands at around 210 million dollars for the season, and the Tampa Bay Rays shedding salary by unexpectedly trading away their ace Blake Snell and letting Charlie Morton to walk away to Atlanta I see the Blue Jays as one of the most promising teams this upcoming season. The gap between the Blue Jays and the top of the American League East has slimmed down to about an eyelash with only experience really being the difference between the three teams and with the moves Toronto has made this offseason that eyelash is getting thinner and thinner.
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