The Toronto Blue Jays are looking for pitching depth after the departure of left-handed ace David Price to the Boston Red Sox via free agency. They've acquired two additional starting pitchers this offseason, but the Blue Jays are still looking for another one and it's Yovani Gallardo, per SportsNet .

According to Ben Nicholson-Smith of SportsNet, Toronto has been interested with Gallardo the entire offseason, and the team is recently in contact with his camp this week. The newly appointed president and team CEO Mark Shapiro has nothing but praised when asked about the 29-year-old right-handed starter.

"He's the kind of guy that would make us better. He's the kind of guy you'd like to have. Whether or not, from a resource perspective, we still have enough to make a move like that, I think that's still a variable that exists. But we do have some flexibility still. Thinking about how we use those resources is still a question," Shapiro told Prime Time Sports as quoted by SportsNet.

Gallardo is coming off a solid first season with the Texas Rangers posting a 13-11 record with a 3.42 ERA. He played the previous eight seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers and has a career record of 102-75 with a 3.66 ERA, per Baseball Reference.

If signed, the Mexican veteran will be joining Marcus Stroman, Marco Estrada, J.A. Happ, Jesse Chavez and Drew Hutchison in the rotation while young prospects Aaron Sanchez and Roberto Osuna are waiting in the bullpen as backups in case someone gets injured. Happ was signed to a three-year deal back in November while Chavez was acquired from the Oakland Athletics in the same month.

In a report by MLB Trade Rumors, the Blue Jays are expected to exceed their 2015 payroll of $135, mainly because of arbitration eligible players like reigning AL MVP Josh Donaldson and recently acquired star reliever Drew Storen. It is not clear if Toronto will have enough money to sign Gallardo, but they can free up some space by trading some guaranteed deals.

One of the possible candidates is the 41-year-old Dickey, who is just three years removed from winning the NL Cy Young Award with the New York Mets. He has a $12 million salary for 2016 and trading him away could free up money to sign Gallardo.

However, FOX Sports noted that Blue Jays may be hesitant to let Dickey and his knuckleball go because of his ability to eat innings and the team's lack of rotation depth. Toronto will have some competition for Gallardo like the Baltimore Orioles, Houston Astros, and defending World Series champions, Kansas City Royals.