TORONTO — The discourse around the Toronto Blue Jays this off-season is sure to be centred around the free agencies of Marcus Semien, Robbie Ray and Steven Matz, and whether or not any or all can be re-signed. Given how essential they were to the club’s unrewarded 91-win season in 2021, that’s completely understandable. But in the micro question of will they or won’t they be back is also a much more macro question, one whose answer, in large measure, will determine how aggressive the Blue Jays can be in trying to accomplish the former. And that is, just how high will this club’s payroll eventually go? That’s the heart of the matter, because the payroll efficiency that’s helped drive the runs to an expanded post-season berth in the pandemic summer of 2020 and this season’s agonizingly near-miss is disappearing. Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s salary will spike as he enters arbitration for the first time, the same will happen to Bo Bichette next fall, while Teoscar Hernandez is due for a j...