Yahoo!'s Tim Brown sums up off-season moves by teams:
Quick look of Blue Jays' off-season move thus far:
Big Additions:
Frank Thomas, DH
Greg Zaun, C
(Vernon Wells, OF --resigned BIG TIME for BIG MONEY)
Big Losses:
Ted Lilly, SP
Justin Speier, RP
Like Brown mentioned, TOR didn't do anything to improve its rotation and lost much strength overall with Lilly & Speier's departure. Signing Wells to a long-term extension was rather their 3rd option on their priority list. Losing bid of Meche & Zito (whom TOR wasn't very interested in, but they should have been) hurt a lot. There are some 2nd-rate scrubs in the free agents pool for Blue Jays to improve their rotation & bullpen. However, most big-name pitchers are signed. Blue Jays may be looking at another ~85 wins season in '07 missing the playoff, unless Halladay & Burnett are healthy all-season and perform at All-Star level.
CowboyUp's original plan for Blue Jays in the off-season.
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