"The Mike Napoli era in Blue Jays history ended abruptly Tuesday, with so many things left unsaid.

Things like, "Hello."

After some 72 hours as part of the Blue Jays family, Napoli was flipped to the Texas Rangers for reliever Frankie Francisco and cash, believed to be under $1 million.

Francisco will join a spirited competition for the closer role in a bullpen that has been virtually rebuilt from the ground up this winter. Octavio Dotel, John Rauch and Jason Frasor all have closing experience but Francisco might be the best of the bunch. He saved 25 games two years ago for the Rangers.

"He's a guy we've tried to get multiple times," said GM Alex Anthopoulos. "He's a power arm with great stuff, a strike-thrower with closer experience and he's only 31 years old."

Shipping out Napoli should let J.P. Arencibia breathe a little easier heading to spring training knowing he's been more or less ordained as the No. 1 catcher ahead of Jose Molina.

"We believe in J.P.," said Anthopoulos. "He's not going to be handed anything; he'll have to earn the job but we like his chances."

Napoli had also been in the first-base mix with Adam Lind but now Lind will have every chance to prove he can handle the job, with Edwin Encarnacion as the fallback position if Lind can't get the hang of it."