TORONTO -- It’s a new tradition for the Blue Jays. Each trip to the MLB Winter Meetings has its own main character.

Two years ago in Nashville, Tenn., it was Shohei Ohtani. Shrouded in secrecy and speaking to us via Zoom from Parts Unknown, Ross Atkins and the Blue Jays did everything possible to try to land the brightest star in baseball, but fell just short, the heartbreak finally landing just a few days after the Meetings had wrapped.

Last year in Dallas, it was Juan Soto. Same story, similar numbers, same ending.

The Blue Jays no longer deserve the narrative of being baseball’s runners-up, though. It was already a lazy narrative, but after handing Vladimir Guerrero Jr. $500 million in the spring and Dylan Cease $210 million last week, jumping the starting pitching market entirely,

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