Tonight could end the World Series, and that would flip the calendar for the Blue Jays almost immediately. If the Brewers win, free agents can start filing at 9:00 am Eastern tomorrow.
For Jays fans, that means the offseason could get going before the dust even settles. Come on Rays, win one.
Toronto has a long list of players who could be in play, but the decisions aren’t all created equal. George Springer is the big name in the mix if he decides he wants to keep going next year, or even if he’s still weighing what kind of market he might have.
He made $24.17 million last season, and that number is not repeating, though a one-year deal around $10 million doesn’t sound far off. The real question is whether that kind of offer would be enough to keep him away from his family for another year.
Jose Berrios is a different case entirely. He is not going to opt out, with $48 million still left on his deal, and he won’t be ready to pitch at the start of next season after Tommy John surgery in May. A mid-season return next year is the best-case guess.
The rest of the group looks much murkier. Jameson Taillon will be 35 in mid-November, and after posting a 5.65 ERA in 18 starts in 2026, it’s hard to imagine him drawing more than a one-year contract anywhere. Max Scherzer is another veteran possibility if he wants one more season, but the Jays passing on him would be an understandable outcome.
Shane Bieber’s case is all about availability. He has made just 17 starts over the last two seasons, though when he did pitch, he wasn’t bad, putting up a 4.03 ERA in 96 innings across those two years. Still, that kind of injury history makes it tough to know what the market would look like.
Yimi Garcia also lands in the uncertain pile. He logged 60 innings over the last two seasons and is now 37. Would Toronto really go to $7 million for one season?
Myles Straw is probably headed toward a different kind of decision. He has team options for $8 million and $8.5 million over the next two years, but the expectation is that the options will be declined in hopes of bringing him back cheaper. The question is whether that means asking him back for $4 million.
There are several names that feel less likely to return. Paul Sewald will be 37 next year, and the sense here is that he would not be brought back. Patrick Corbin made $1 million this year and threw 80 innings with a 5.51 ERA, which does not make a strong case for another run in Toronto.
Luis Urias, who turns 30 next year, showed enough as a platoon player before landing on the injured list that a minor league deal could make sense. Even then, someone else would probably offer more.
Michael Lorenzen turns 35 in January, and he simply wasn’t good. If he wants to keep playing, it sounds like he would need to take a minor league deal and prove it again, and the Jays probably won’t be the team to give him that chance.
Eloy Jiménez turns 30 in a month and, if he wants to stay in the game, he’d likely be looking at another minor league deal. Maybe overseas is the next stop.
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