J.P. Ricciardi has a lot of money to spend on payroll in 2006 and '07, making Toronto a team to watch in the offseason. While it's nice that the Blue Jays' general manager will be free to boost his payroll from $50 million to $80 million, finding top free agent talent to spend his money on might be a problem. (Full article: 2122 words)

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