Imagine if the Bluejays suddenly became owned by a billionaire that just wanted a winning team for fun, and promised to make it the top spending team. RedSox are currently projected to spend 227M by Frangraphs, while the Bluejays currently sit at 69M projected. Giving them 158M to raise their payroll by.
That's Cole at 8/256 for 32AAV, Strasburg 8/180 for 30AAV, Rendon 7/235 for 33.5, Ryu 3/54 for 18AAV, Ozuna 3/45 for 15AAV, Gardner 1/10 for 10AAV, Lindblom 2/8 for 4AAV. That leaves us with 16M to spend on a bullpen.
Rotation: Cole, Strasburg, Ryu, Lindbloom, Anderson/Pearson/Thornton
SS Bichette
3B Rendon
1B Vlad
LF Ozuna
2B Biggio
CF Gardner
DH Hernandez
RF Grichuk
C Jansen
Announce all the signings in one day. Watch the baseball world explode in confusion. Does it put us ahead of the Yankees?