The official exhaustive talking point of the 2015-16 offseason was Aaron Sanchez.
His role was uncertain between the bullpen and starting rotation, and it wasn’t fully clear until the final weeks of the season that Sanchez would, in fact, pitch the entire year as a starter without a brief stint as a reliever.
Blue Jays management proceeded cautiously with the situation and continuously kept expectations in check. In the end, this approach worked out as well as it possibly could have. Sanchez finally shook off his prospect naysayers and stepped forward as not just a legitimate starter, but one of the best young arms in Major League Baseball.