SPRING OUTLOOK

2015 record and finish: 9369, won the AL East, lost to Royals in ALCS

2016 FanGraphs projection:

84-78, third

Significant additions: RP Drew Storen, SP J.A. Happ, RP Jesse Chavez, RP David Aardsma, OF Junior Lake, GM Ross Atkins

Significant losses: SP David Price, SP Mark Buehrle, C Dioner Navarro, OF Ben Revere, RP Mark Lowe, RP LaTroy Hawkins, GM Alex Anthopoulos

Most significant question:

What impact does Anthopoulos’ departure have on the momentum the Blue Jays built?

Price’s departure after the season, even for the intra-division rival Red Sox, might not have been as significant as that of the man who pulled off the deal. Anthopoulos is young, wellspoken and Canadian — which counts for this club — but when Mark Shapiro arrived as the new team president, he and Anthopoulos couldn’t work out a deal for the native son to stay. So Atkins, a longtime Indians executive, inherits the general manager role.

Spring training battle

to watch: Drew Storen vs. Roberto Osuna

Osuna made his major league debut last year at 20, and he had inherited the closer’s role by June. He did just fine, saving 20 of 23 opportunities, and his ERA was never higher than 2.58. Storen arrives from Washington in a trade for outfielder Ben Revere, boasting closer experience and the scars that come with it — 29 saves in 31 opportunities before the Nationals turned to Jonathan Papelbon. Atkins has said the club will arrive at spring training without assigned roles. Will they be assigned by the start of the season?