hang on, in his post-season diagnoses after the 2015 and 2016 campaigns, Cathal Kelly specifically warned against (a) letting David Price go and trying to replace him with some JA Happ type, and (b) not aggressively bidding on Encarnacion then thinking a Kendrys Morales would be  a decent replacement.
So, if Kelly were GM, Jays would have $50 million+ payroll tied up in Price and Encarnacion, whose production is not better overall than their cheaper replacements.
(And in the case of the Price prediction, Kelly  made it clear Jays could go nowhere in 2016 without such a contract. This just in: they went to the ALCS).
Kelly often criticizes the Jays hierarchy for not thinking creatively. Sheesh. For this reader, he's just another wannabe GM whose pressbox musings don't stand up to examination even in the short term.