Agreed. It's frustrating when the reason for not acquiring player X is because of "payroll parameters". If player X isn't acquired I don't want it to be because we can't go above $140M.
I would also love to see the Jays change their IFA philosophy and start being more aggressive. They were starting to do that under AA, although not enough for my liking...and I fear it'll take a step back with Shapiro. The Yanks, Red Sox, Cubbies, Dodgers, Braves...all have recently blown their collective wads in the IFA market and blasted their budgets out of the water to sign as many high ceiling kids as they could get their hands on. Would love for the budget to be there for the Jays to do the same every so often.