How can you argue the Jays didn’t try to surround the core with respectable/all-star vets??
Ryu, Springer, Gausman, Kikuchi, Bassitt, and they were in/finalists for Cole, Ohtani, and Soto. Can’t force guys to take money if they don’t want to.
The Jays just aren’t as good as drafting/developing as the current Os, and they never tanked like the Os did to get those top picks. The Jays “core” was never as good as the Os current core.