Blue Jays Edwin Encarnacion hits a walk-off three-run homer in the 11th inning of the American League wild-card game as the Toronto Blue Jays defeat the Baltimore Orioles at Rogers Centre on 5-2 on October 4, 2016. There are eight Jays free agents declaring their intentions immediately within two days after the end of the World Series. Gibbons’s strength as a major-league manager is in handling a roster of veterans, like the current Blue Jays, with a number of clubhouse leaders who can control teammates and hold them accountable. Meanwhile, against the ’16 Blue Jays, the only left-handed hitters were Saunders and Ezequiel Carrera and they played the same position. The Jays need a true leadoff hitter and two left-handed bats, one at the top of the order and one who can be an RBI producer in the middle of the lineup.

Source: thestar October 21, 2016 17:37 UTC