TORONTO – The stakes from Major League Baseball’s lockout of its players are intriguing for the Toronto Blue Jays , a team striving to continue its recent ascendency and re-establish its business after an extended pandemic displacement. Clearly, how the sport’s economic framework changes in the next collective bargaining agreement is of pivotal importance, especially with discussions around arbitration, free agency and service time potentially impacting how cornerstones like Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and Bo Bichette are compensated and controlled contractually. But there are other implications for the club from the sport’s first interruption since the players strike of 1994 – a dispute that badly impacted the Blue Jays – well beyond that, too. Here’s a look at some local considerations amid an industry-wide dispute: • Virtually every player in the majors is going through a labour interruption for the first time and it’s sure to colour their outlook moving forward. Ross Stripling is ...