Blue Jays: Priorities to consider while improving the pitching staff

Feb 19, 2018; Dunedin, FL, USA; Toronto Blue Jays president and CEO Mark Shapiro at Bobby Mattick Training Center. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

Now that the Blue Jays have won five in a row and have made up some of the lost ground from last week, we should put all that silly talk of “selling” away, at least for now.

According to Blue Jays’ President Mark Shapiro, he’s “very confident we will add pieces to help us win”. That’s a carefully worded statement, and far from a guarantee that the Blue Jays will be buyers ahead of the trade deadline, but it should be taken as a positive that Shapiro is making a public statement like this.

It makes sense now that the Jays are up to…