Jose Bautista - OF - Blue Jays
MLB Network's Jon Morosi reports that the Blue Jays and the representatives for Jose Bautista are "engaged in active contract discussions."
Morosi tweeted earlier this month that the Jays had not made a formal proposal to Bautista since he rejected their one-year, $17.2 million qualifying offer in November, but that seems to have changed now. It's the rejected qualifying offer and the draft compensation that comes with it that has made life so difficult for Bautista on the free agent market. Toronto obviously wouldn't have to fork over a draft pick to re-sign him, though they'd also lose the opportunity to gain one.