It’s much less about Rogers be willing to pay. It’s the potential to lose draft picks. And avoiding the tax in the future seems impossible. The Jays have so many players to pay. And giving mid rotation arms isn’t helping. We likely won’t be able to afford Chapman, Vlad, and Bo because contracts like Bassit’s exists. That’s extremely annoying.
Luckily Ryu comes off the book finally but in arbitration raises alone that quickly evaporates.
Jays inability to develop pitching and being forced to overpay Starters in Free Agency is really limiting the Franchise’s potential.