Rotation all comes back. Osuna appears to be settling in as an elite reliever. Donaldson is a Top 10 player. Pillar, Tulo and Travis are all very very good starting players. Martin is a good player. The guys we do lose also free up more payroll money. Speaking of which the payroll should remain quite strong with us leading the AL in attendance.
I think we will be pretty good.
Tulo isn't a free agent though so this is all kind of pointless.
Back to Bautista I think the best he can get is Beltran money (3/45) or Beltre money (I believe he was 2 for 36). I just don't see him getting a fat contract. Ortiz never did and he's been the crown jewel of DH's for the past 15 seasons. I think there is a very real chance Bautista is back with the Jays next year.
We didn't gain any ground on the Sox but we did put some distance between the other WC teams as the Orioles, Yankees, Astros, and Royals are all about to lose. Tigers also in a close game with the Twins.
Every single team in WC contention other than Seattle who isn't playing right now is losing so even though we aren't going to gain any ground on the Sox we will put some, if not all, of those WC teams behind us a little bit further.
I'd offer Saunders the QO and wouldn't feel bad one bit if he took it (although missing out on the pick wouldn't be ideal). The AAV might be a bit steep but it's only one year. We will need to fill out the lineup next season and the FA class sucks.