[KootenayFlamesFan]

In trying to rebuild, it’s tougher for the Jays because while they’re in a great city, players would rather sign with a team based in the United States, for various reasons. Many players don’t understand how good it is to play there until they actually get there and the team is strong.

And while there are still viable free agents that could benefit Toronto — from pitchers Ubaldo Jimenez and Matt Garza to Ervin Santana and Masahiro Tanaka — as of this writing there’s no reinforcements on the way. The Jays will have to overpay to get someone.

Anthopoulos likes to strike in secrecy. Sometimes his own talent evaluators don’t know what he’s doing. We know through sources that he has been in on Jimenez, Garza, and Santana. Hush-hush, too, is his stance on Tanaka. The Jays have inquired about David Price and Jeff Samardzija. The Jays’ staff last season had a 4.81 ERA, thanks to Johnson’s 6.20, a slow start by Dickey, and the annual injury to the talented Morrow.

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