"So if not $50 million then what actually was the Jays' posted offer on Yu Darvish?

If the Jays weren't in fact close to the Rangers' reported winning bid of $51.7 million, which secondary Jays' sources at one time seemed eager to leave teed up as truth for public consumption, then what was it?

People who claim to have inner knowledge of the final bidding are jumping in with finger-wagging certainty that the Rangers won by "a country mile" and that it "wasn't even close."

But what exactly does that mean? Even if a new number is presented as fact, is it accurate? If the posting system is working properly then the only people that should know the Jays' actual offer are the Jays and several people at the commissioner's office. Only the winning bid is announced. It's up to the Jays to end speculation and move on."