What is the story about?
The Jays have eight players who declared free agency today: Shane Bieber, Patrick Corbin, Yimi Garcia, Max Scherzer, Paul Sewald, George Springer, Jameson Taillon, and Luis Urias.
Only six teams have more free agents:
- The Braves have ten free agents. Including our old friends Rowdy Tellez and Lane Thomas.
- The Yankees also have ten free agents: David Bednar, Paul Blackburn, Jazz Chisholm Jr., Michael Fulmer, Paul Goldschmidt, Trent Grisham, Tim Hill, Amed Rosario, John Schreiber, Ryan Yarbrough.
- The Dodgers have nine free agents: Kris Bubic, Brusdar Graterol, Enrique Hernandez, Eric Lauer, Evan Phillips, Miguel Rojas, Tarik Skubal, Blake Treinen, Alex Vesia.
- The Padres have nine: Old friends Ty France and Robbie Ray are among them.
- The Cubs have nine: Old friend Kevin Gausman and Trent Thornton are on their list. Seiya Suzuki is an interesting name on the list.
- The Diamondbacks have nine: Taylor Clarke, Zac Gallen, Kevin Ginkel, Jonathan Loaisiga, James McCann, A.J. Puk, Dennis Santana, Ryan Thompson, Ildemaro Vargas
Other old friends becoming free agents: Chris Bassitt, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Randal Grichuk,Trevor Richards, Jordan Romano, Jacob Waguespack, Daulton Varsho, Luke Maile, and Travis d’Arnaud.
Another old friend, Bo Bichette has decided to stay with the Mets, keeping his $42 million option.
I was pretty sure he would.
You can see the whole list of free agents here. If there is someone you think the Jays should chase, tell us about it.
