Marcus Semien (2B/SS) bet on himself last winter with a one-year deal when he probably could have gotten a modest multi-year contract if he so chose.Ray ended up winning the Cy Young award in the American League, but after the season he went elsewhere, signing a five-year deal with the Seattle Mariners and leaving a hole atop the Jays rotation.
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Robbie Ray (LHP) was one of two short-term free agent signings the Jays made last offseason that paid off in ways that no one could have predicted.Robbie Ray Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Who did they lose before the lockout? Ultimately, though, it was just a bit too little and a bit too late as Toronto finished a game out of the postseason and now look to recharge and officially announce their arrival in 2022. That coincided with a hell of a run in the second half to get right on the cusp of the postseason. COVID had a greater impact on this team than any other in terms of travel as the Blue Jays were nomadic for the first half of the season before finally getting home to Canada. The Blue Jays entered the 2021 season clearly on the upswing, still not completely coming out on the other end of their rebuild but coming off a berth in the expanded postseason of 2020 and starting last season as a trendy pick in the division.
We’ll go in reverse order of the 2021 standings, today looking at the Toronto Blue Jays. In the meantime, we’ve been examining the Boston Red Sox from all angles to figure out what lies ahead on the other side of the lockout, but what about the rest of the American League East? For this week, we’ll be looking at where the rest of the division stands this winter, going over what they got done before the lockout, and what questions they have to answer when things pick back up. It’s now been about six weeks that we’ve been in a standstill in this offseason, with the players and owners still seemingly far apart as they try to hammer out a new CBA. Checking in on the AL East: Baltimore Orioles
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