Short-term I agree with you on Paxton.
Long-term I dont, and maybe its better Jays look at the next 3 to 4 years instead of next 1 to 2 years (considering both pitcher's ages)
Nope, there have been players in the past who were only invited to ST without a minor L. contract.
That happens when management wants to wait and see what their stuff is like during ST before committing to a MiLB contract
Liriano didnt pitch at all in 2020 (at least not in North-America):
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/liriafr01.shtml
He's only a ST invitee, so its not a bad move I guess.
Maybe he can still be useful as a mop-up guy??
Bauer would be the final needed piece the Jays are missing.
BTW Cohen just deleted his twitter acct over that GME stunt
https://nypost.com/2021/01/29/mets-steve-cohen-deletes-his-twitter-after-gamestop-tweets/