Winter Meetings Review: Toronto Blue Jays

The golden boy, Alex Anthoplous, didn’t make in ground shaking moves at the Winter Meetings, but he quietly made his team better. The Athletics and Mariners are finding out about how you survive in the same division is two heavyweights. Anthopolous (and Andrew Friedman) already have that experience. He flushed out the bad contracts and now is prepared to spend some money. So far, there hasn’t been anyone to pay, but he did make one significant trade to improve the back end of his bullpen. Experience tells us that he isn’t done. Infield Kelly Johnson accepted arbitration. That fills the only major hole that the Jays had on the diamond. Johnson had a horrible season last year, but he has impressive power and he is fairly affordable. He  is flanked by Adam Lind, Yunel Escobar, Brett Lawrie, and Edwin Encarnacion. All of them bring offense to the table. J.P. Arencibia is entering year two behind the dish. He needs to pick up the pace as prospects are on the come. Antho...