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The Jays were rewarded for spending a lot of money and talent on their starting rotation the last few years. Since 2022, when they signed Kevin Gausman, the Jays are ninth in the majors in WAR produced by starters. Gausman, Jose Berrios, and Chris Bassitt have all been worth their contracts, and the Jays don’t miss what they traded to the Twins for Berrios. In 2 1/2 years in Toronto, Yusei Kikuchi made every start at the level of a #4 starter. They made the playoffs twice with these guys. There’s justifiable frustration in Toronto that they haven’t been able to add the six-win superstar they need, but the investments this front office made in market-value pitching are up there with any team’s in the last decade.
