It's been a rough couple of years for Alek Manoah. In November of 2022 the Homstead, Florida native was coming off his sophomore season in which he was a Cy Young finalist, producing a 6.0 bWAR season for a Toronto Blue Jays team that had made the postseason. Fast forward to November of 2025, and Manoah is no longer part of a major league team after he was not tendered a contract by the Atlanta Braves.
Expected to be one of the main driving forces of the Jays' offense in 2025, Santander had actually been quite the disappointment in his first season with Toronto. Prior to his shoulder injury that has kept him out since the end of May, the 30-year-old outfielder posted just a feeble .179 average, .577 OPS, along with 14 runs scored, six home runs and 18 RBIs in 50 games played with the club.