5 big questions for Blue Jays going into 2019

The Blue Jays have turned the page on an illustrious chapter in franchise history and will look to usher in the cornerstones of another era when the offseason officially gets underway.

Few players remain from the Toronto team that reached the American League Championship Series in 2015 and '16. Josh Donaldson, J.A. Happ and likely Marco Estrada are among the former core pieces that played their final games for the Blue Jays in 2018. For better or worse, the future has become the present.

The 2018 season didn't go the way anybody associated with the Blue Jays wanted it to, but a team that spent much of the second half out of contention has a clear direction. The rebuild is on and this…