Bob Elliott cuts to the chase in the Toronto Sun:
Colby Rasmus is on the market and has been offered to two teams by the Blue Jays for starting pitching.
Toronto probably wants a good, cost-controlled starter in return for the 27-year-old Rasmus, who had an .840 OPS, 22 homers and 66 RBI in 118 games this summer. He’s a strong defensive center fielder and only expected to get around $6.5 million in salary arbitration for 2014.
Rasmus will be a free agent after the 2014 season and the Jays obviously aren’t sure they can sign him to a long-term extension. So they may as well make an upgrade at an area of great need -- the rotation.
The Blue Jays ranked ninth in the majors in runs scored in 2013. They ranked 25th in runs allowed.