Aside from starting pitching to address imminent holes and relief, the only thing I'd really like to see the Jays do is trade one of our bountiful crop of infielders for a top tier outfielding prospect. Springer is fragile and all of our other fielders only have a couple years or so of their contracts remaining. Palacios is nice and all, but he's less of a big prospect and more of a guy you're rooting for, and Martin and Taylor are still mostly in the infield camp.
We need a 3B, a top starter and 2 good relievers to be a true contender.
Not sure why everyone wants a 3B. We don't need the added offense and the fielding hasn't been so bad as to be the cause of many blown games, not compared to the bullpen. It would be nice, but unless you grab a young person with years of control, it's not worth the amount of players it's going to take to pull it off. And, again, you've just blown prospect capital on something we don't need which is pitching. Next year? Take your choice of Espinal, Smith, or Lopez, or sign one of the SS available. Pitching wise? You've got to make up two big holes in the rotation, and another one next year and the year after that and your only good choices are SWR and Hatch, and Pearson is becoming a real question mark. Not too bad, but you always want at least two proven guys to hold down the fort while the kids learn and grow.
Biggio to the OF and Gurriel becomes a bench player?
If Biggio doesn't start hitting home runs again, then I'm fine with relegating him to the bench as a utility infielder and playing Espinal more often. The guy gets on base, sure, but if he's just doing it with singles and walks while playing mostly blah defense, then I'd rather give it to the guy who is showing signs of growing into a good average guy with solid defense.
That said, sophomore slumps are a real thing, so I'm not making any judgment calls on Biggio just yet.
