Jim Bowden believes Blue Jays need to make a swing on two top free agents at once

Across the leauge, various writers believe that the Blue Jays can and should make a big splash in free agency. It has been on going all offseason and they actually have been in the mix for a few free agents. The top one was Juan Soto, who obviously landed a monster contract with the Mets, but the key takeaway is that the Blue Jays were in the running.

They have shown interest in adding a top of the line free agents, but that has yet to happen. Former General Manager, Jim Bowden, has written how the Blue Jays must capitalize on not one, but two top free agents this offseason.

Those two he labeled with Toronto are star third baseman Alex Bregman and star pitcher Corbin Burnes. In fact, Burnes has actually been linked to the Blue Jays this offseason by one of the top MLB Insiders in Ken Rosenthal. His report said he believes the Blue Jays will send a monstrous offer to Burnes, which is quite similar to what Bowden said, offering him a nine year, $247 million deal.

Additionally, Bowden says that Toronto should send an eight-year deal worth more than $200 million to Bregman, which would be two big time deals this offseason, but is still cheaper than what would have been given to Soto if he signed with the Blue Jays. The contract offered to Soto indicates that they are very capable of signing these two to what Bowden believes they could get. Let's examine what they would be getting out of these two players.

Jim Bowden believes the Blue Jays must sign Alex Bregman and Corbin Burnes to deals this offseason

Bregman would fill a big hole at third base and would make the Blue Jays infield one of the best in the league. Last season, he belted 26 home runs, 30 doubles, and two triples to generate a slugging percentage of .453. That went with an on-base percentage of .315 to produce an OPS of .768. On top of that, his wRC+ reached 118 and he struck out at a low rate of 13.6%.

Burnes would instantly be the ace of Toronto's rotation making the Blue Jays rotation also one of the best in the league. A season ago, he posted an earned run average of 2.92 with a FIP of 3.55 and struck out 181 batters across 194.1 innings. Opposing hitters batted .225 against him and he walked batters at a 6.1% clip to create a 1.10 WHIP.

Signing these two would be franchise changing moves for the Blue Jays and after missing out on Soto they proved that they are willing to hand out money this offseason. Let's see if they listen to Bowden to sign two of the top players on the market.