Kent is a lot cheaper than their $7M investment last year in Sewald; and similar year before for Barlow. Neither of whom was worth the money.

Unfortunately the worst OFs are also the only RH hitters they have out there. But they've never appeared much interested in JRod-- they let him go through Rule 5 a couple times in the past and no one was interested.

Jones, besides being awful, has enough time in to now qualify for arbitration. The two sites I've looked at project he gets $2M. For this team that salary should be too much to bear.
Lively projected at $2.75M and unavailable due to TJ surgery and Allard projected at $1.9M and a useful pitcher were released.

Article at the athletic lists the guaranteed salaries for 2026 including $3.5M for Trevor Stephen and $2.75 for Myles Straw after subtracting the $1M Blue Jays agreed to pick up.