The Toronto Blue Jays were 0-for-3.
They didn't sign Kyle Tucker or Alex Bregman, and they didn't bring Bo Bichette back, either. But there was one more big-name free agent hitter out there: Cody Bellinger.
In the end, though, the Blue Jays final trip to the plate was an out, too.
Bellinger is returning to the New York Yankees, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan, with the news breaking on Wednesday afternoon.
The Yankees are paying Bellinger $162.5 million over five years.
And now, for better or worse, the Blue Jays pretty much know what their team will look like heading into next season.
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Toronto didn't have a bad offseason, not exactly.
They signed Dylan Cease to be a mainstay in their pitching rotation.
They also signed Japanese star Kazuma Okamoto to a contract that at least somewhat makes up for the loss of Bichette.
But this isn't necessarily a roster that looks better than the one that lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 7 of the World Series in extra innings.
And after being so close, wouldn't you want to upgrade in a major way?
Cease is the headliner, but the Blue Jays' rotation wasn't its weakness. It's not a huge upgrade on whoever he ends up pitching instead of.
The order could've used Bichette back, or gotten a bat like Tucker or Bellinger.
In the end, though, Toronto had four meek swings at those big name hitters, and the Blue Jays will have to hope that doesn't cost them in the end.
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