LAS VEGAS — Armed with the cachet of an impressed World Sequence run that captivated each followers and the broader business’s curiosity, the Toronto Blue Jays jumped into the low season with what some brokers known as a motivated posture throughout numerous participant markets.
One distinguished agent believes the American League champions will discover a extra receptive viewers for his or her pitches this winter, too, having proven the baseball world how success appears north of the border.
Baseball tends to have “a pack mentality,” mentioned the agent, and between seeing gamers succeed with the Blue Jays, the keenness from followers Canada-wide and optimistic evaluations of the crew’s amenities, “it ought to be simpler for them to get gamers” this low season.
A second agent described the Blue Jays as “hungry” and “performing like the large boys,” whereas each representatives mentioned Toronto is concerned on top-end beginning pitchers, back-end relievers, place gamers and expertise from Asia.
“They’re in each market,” mentioned the second agent.
That’s not essentially totally different than in earlier years, because the Blue Jays usually canvas all the participant pool to evaluate what alternatives could exist for them. However after shedding Recreation 7 of the World Sequence to the now two-time champion Los Angeles Dodgers, they might have extra curiosity this time round.
As well-positioned as they seemingly are, markets in baseball usually take weeks, even months, to develop, with one govt remarking how groups are extra snug than ever doing enterprise in January.
Final 12 months, as an illustration, the Blue Jays’ greatest free-agent signings — Anthony Santander, Jeff Hoffman and Max Scherzer — befell as soon as the calendar flipped from 2024 to 2025, so their present motivation doesn’t assure something.
Merely put, it’s demonstrative of the big selection of choices they’re analyzing, together with maybe an elevated receptiveness to their pursuits from the business.
