TORONTO – Now that the Toronto Blue Jays have extended qualifying offers to Marcus Semien and Robbie Ray but not Steven Matz , the work really begins to either retain the prime free agents or replace their production. None of the decisions was unexpected, although not qualifying Matz offers some insight into how GM Ross Atkins and the front office are valuing the lefty, as they weren’t willing to risk paying him $18.4 million for one season to ensure draft-pick compensation should he depart. Matz recently declined a multiyear offer deal from the Blue Jays, according to MLB Network’s Jon Heyman , an indicator that the sides have divergent views of how he fits in the market, too. The 30-year-old now enters free agency untethered, unlike Semien and Ray, who have 10 days to accept or decline their qualifying offers. Spoiler alert, they’ll decline, and once they do the Blue Jays will receive draft picks if they sign elsewhere. So, mostly procedural doings there. What will complica...