Got to agree with Alpine, you can debate the merits of how up front the Jays were about being in on EE from the beginning, or who was reporting what and when. But it was pretty clear that Morales was a replacement for Encarnacion and any serious offers ended then.
There was simply no way the Jays were going to forget about shoring up necessary holes so they could replace Edwin with Morales then sign Edwin after all because he could be had at a deal. They just weren't going to have Morales, Smoak and Edwin all occupying two postions, full stop.
Rogers already had to up their payroll because they recognized that if they stuck to the usual $130-$140m they literally couldn't field a major league line-up without clearly signaling a rebuild/inability to field a completive line-up to the fans.
Anything we heard after the fact was BS connections, imo.
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