Blue Jays: Ten free agent position players that the Jays should take a serious look at.

The Toronto Blue Jays have reported that they will be expanding their payroll for the 2014 season. Although they dug deep into their pockets last season acquiring the likes of RA Dickey, Jose Reyes, and Melky Cabrera, this team still has a lot of work to do to be considered a contender among the top teams in baseball.

Their main focuses for their lineup should be finding an every day second-baseman, and improving their play behind the plate. JP Arencibia struggled last year batting only.194 with an awful .227 on base percentage, despite hitting 21 homers and driving in 55 RBI. Funny thing sports is though. One year a guy may struggle, but maybe next year JP will his .330 and have a .410 on base percentage. Is that likely? Maybe not, but you never know.

They've already announced that Brett Lawrie will be playing third-base full time, which leads me to believe that the Jays lineup will look something like this next year on opening day.

C - ???
1B - ???
2B - ???
3B - Brett Lawrie
SS - Jose Reyes
LF - Jose Bautista
CF - Colby Rasmus
RF - Melky Cabrera
DH - Edwin Encarnacion
  Bench:
OF - Anthony Gose
C - Josh Thole (he can catch the knuckle-ball, AKA RA Dickey)
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One thing's for sure, they have some holes to fill. Here are 10 free agents that the Blue Jays should take a serious look at acquiring for the upcoming season:

1 - C - Brian McCann: If the Braves don't resign McCann, the Jays would be stupid not to go after him. A lot of teams will be looking for a catcher who's been as good as McCann has over the past five years, but with their expanded payroll, the Jays could try and pick him up. His .350 career on base percentage is almost an entire point better than Arencibia's. He's a career .270 hitter and is coming off a great season with the Braves. He's experienced, and he's an upgrade.

2 - C - Jarrod Saltalamacchia: Coming off a good season for the Red Sox, Salty could be an every day catcher if he's given the opportunity. With the solid play of David Ross behind the plate, it'll be interesting to see what the Red Sox do with Salty during the off-season. Although his power numbers were down from 2012 (25 homers in 2012, 14 in 2013) he upped his RBI numbers from 59 in 2012 to 65 in 2013.

3 - C - Carlos Ruiz: The Philadelphia Phillies catcher hit 5 homers and 37 RBI, and had a .268 batting average in what was limited action, as he only played in 92 games. He had a fielding percentage of .997, making only 3 errors in his 86 games as a catcher.

4 - 1B/C - Mike Napoli: Not sure if the Red Sox are planning on re-signing the bearded first-basemen, but the Blue Jays could use a guy like Napoli. He's coming off a season where he hit 23 homers and drove in 92 RBI. I think Adam Lind is a great player, and he has similar numbers to Napol in terms of average, on base percentage, and home-runs. Napoli had better RBI numbers and can also play catcher. He'd be a good fit in Toronto.

5 - 1B - James Loney: Loney is coming off a solid season for the Rays where he hit .299 with 13 homers and 75 RBI. Although he struggled with his OBP in 2012 (.283), he improved it to .348 in 2013. He also had an insane .995 fielding percentage for the Rays in 2013.

6 - 2B - Robinson Cano: Ok, I realize that this one is a stretch, because I doubt that the Yankees would let this guy go. His stats speak for themselves. He's a natural all-star, and the Jays do need a second baseman.

7 - 2B - Omar Infante: If the Jays want to find a second basemen who's good in the field and decent at the plate they don't have to look any further than Omar Infante. He had a .980 fielding percentage in 2013, and hit .318 with 10 homers and 51 RBI with a .345 OBP. Showing that he can chip in offensively as well as defensively.

8 - 2B - Skip Schumaker: If the above two are scooped up by other teams, the Jays could look off the board with Schumaker. He played in 125 games last season with the Dodgers but a lot of that was in the out-field, which shows that he has versatility to play multiple positions. He only hit .263 with 2 homers and 30 RBI, but had a .970 fielding percentage when playing as second base.

9 - OF - Shin-Soo Choo: With the Reds last year, Choo hit .285 with 21 homers and 54 RBI. What really stands out with Choo and the 2012 season was his .423 OBP. This pickup could depend on the fate of Jose Bautisa, who has been subjected to trade rumors, and Rajai Davis, who is a free agent.

10 - OF - Corey Hart: He's always hovered around the .270/.280 mark with his batting average but he's hit 30 homers twice in his career. He's coming off a season with the Brewers where he hit 30 homers and drove in 83 RBI. He played in 149 games last season. He would open up some options for the Blue Jays with regards to their outfield.

The signing of theses players will depend on what the Blue Jays decide to do with their roster. There have been rumors that Jose Bautista and JP Arencibia have been discussed in trade talks, but GM Alex Anthopolous said that there are not trade talks happening with regards to those two players at the moment. One omission that seems obvious from this list is that of Red Sox OF Jacoby Ellsbury who is currently a free agent. The reason I didn't include Ellsbury on the list is because the role that he would fill is already taken. The Jays have a solid lead-off hitter in Jose Reyes, and a good center-fielder in Colby Rasmus. They also have a pretty good young outfielder in Anthony Gose in the minor leagues chomping at the bit for his chance to play in the majors.

What do you think? Should the Blue Jays look at signing some of these players for the 2014 season? Or should they maintain their roster?