When I looked at the Jays depth chart early in the off season, I did not have Wes Parsons on my bingo card as a potential starter/long man at the MLB level. I saw him as one of the first options for DFAing to clear a spot on the 40 man. 31 year old journeyman and the Jays are squeezing blood from stone here. Impressive.
Combine that with Francis being resurrected from looking near finished two years ago to actually being a solid reliever to now winning a rotation spot, to Robbie Ray going from the scrap heap to Cy Young winner, to Stripling going from mid reliever to solid starter for the Jays, they made something out of Matz as well who they pulled from the scrap pile.....the Kikuchi turn around, Jays seem to be able to get the most out of mid pitchers.