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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
The only thing with re-signing Estrada, is do you worry about him not being as effective without Navarro calling his pitches? Dioner is a free agent, and he is really unlikely to come back as #2 catcher. Either way though, starting pitching for next season is a huge question mark right now. Even if you bring back both Estrada and Dickey the rotation is really weak on paper.
Stroman
Estrada
Dickey
Hutchison
Sanchez
Hopefully being a solid playoff contender with pretty much all the bats and position players returning makes the Jays an attractive destination for some starting pitchers this off season.
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The thought of Hutchison pitching makes me cringe. But like you said the big bats are returning next year so I don't see offence as a problem, so if Drew could just be league average in terms of numbers the Jays have a chance to win.
With Navarro, Buehrle, and Hawkins off the books this coming off season thats about 27 million dollars, plus Rogers is getting insane ratings for the Jays playoff games, like around 4 million per game, plus ticket sales and merchandise sales, and new season ticket sales
surely they would open the purse strings a bit and address the pitching this off season with some free agents.