The Jays could've kept all the farm pieces they moved in the Marlins & Dickey trade and overbid 5m per year each on a handful of free agents they might've been targeting and I would've preferred that route.
I'd rather the Jays have offered Anibal Sanchez 25 mil a year and kept Henderson Alvarez than not have Alvarez and pay Buehrle close to 20 mil.
I guess in your scenario the Jays are playing shy with how much money they'll spend, because as it stands the Sox, Yanks, Dodgers and a couple other teams will easily top Toronto in doling money out to players (FA's) or complete a trade taking on significant payroll. So if the Jays are willing to run the payroll up another 50 mil great, otherwise they can't ignore the farm to keep some sort of payroll flexibility in place.
And if Hoyer says we want Stroman+? Or we want Sanchez and two of your other top 5 prospects?