Hutch's current repertoire roughly equates a #3 starter. But he is still young and seems the type that can learn/add other pitches to keep hitters off balance so who knows where his career will go....
No one will deny a Lester/Shields/McCarthy increases the Jays WS chances, recent history with Detroit's big 3, Kershaw, and Shields notwithstanding.
The only question is $$ and priorities. Should be OF, RP, SP, 2B IMO.
I prefer Pillar in Buffalo as depth. The OF come April should be Bautista, Pompey, Dirks, and Markakis, Saunders, Aoki, or ?.
Need one or two good relievers.
More than enough depth at 2B. Not much available on the market..... Cabrera and Lowrie are pretty much the only FA worth pursuing but they will be an overpay due to the aforementioned market shortage. Probably best to roll with in-house options.
Leaves SP which purely depends on $$ and whether AA can pull off a sign/trade - eg. move Dickey and sign sign Shields or someone. The budget creativity he talks about.