Toronto Blue Jays are evaluating a few of their players set to become free agents during the World Series.
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While all eyes are on the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers World Series, the free agency during the offseason for the Blue Jays needs to be kept in mind, with a lot of big names potentially leaving.
The Blue Jays will have little time following the World Series to make some key decisions as they evaluate which players will be worth keeping and how much they are valued at.
Blue Jays have little time to lock up several players.
Jackson Roberts of Fastball SI broke down the large number of free agents the Blue Jays need to deal with this offseason.
If the Blue Jays do not act quick enough, the team could look a lot different next year, for the worse as they have some big names such as Chris Bassitt and many other key pieces that will be leaving.
"Entering his age-37 season, Bassitt can still give a team 30-plus starts in a season, and might prove to be attainable for some of the teams who don't typically spend hundreds of millions of dollars on starters because of his age and proximity to retirement."-Roberts
Another big name that is a soon to be free agent is Shane Bieber, if he takes his player option to enter the market, the Blue Jays will likely not be keeping him for next season.
The main reason being they are focused on a much bigger target to retain which is Bo Bichette and on the other hand Bieber will be too expensive to keep most likely.
"But the real question here is whether the Blue Jays will seek to broker a reunion, and this playoff run might be swaying them in the other direction. With Andrés Giménez and Ernie Clement ready to take over on the left side of Toronto's infield, let's send Bichette to an offense-needy team that could play him just about anywhere."-Roberts
Most of the Blue Jays free agency will rely heavily on Bichette, firstly if he does stay and secondly, for how much? If he signs anywhere near $200M the Blue Jays will not have a lot of wiggle room to keep the others. If he signs for a more friendly $150M the Blue Jays might be able to retain some of their pitching.
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