Source: Vlad Guerrero's son, BlueJays and a posible verbal agreement.

[Caper]

Not sure if this post is sarcasm or not.

 

 

Next year you can take a different approach.

[HERPDERP]

who is better than vladdy jr?

[BlueBirdBro]

Next year we can't break 300k. Not going to get many good eggs for that.

[xposbrad]

Next year we can't break 300k. Not going to get many good eggs for that.

 

Might as well really blow your load if you are limited next year. I hope Rogers opens the wallet here.

[HERPDERP]

Guerrero Academy

‏@mhallbaseball

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. announcement will be made today very shortly as things become official! Circumstances changed from earlier tweets.

[King]

Might as well really blow your load if you are limited next year. I hope Rogers opens the wallet here.

 

They didn't. The top talents have all been confirmed to signing with other teams.

[King]

[King]

Guerrero Academy ‏@mhallbaseball 1h1 hour ago

Sorry for the confusion on Vlad Guerrero Jr. He has yet to officially sign a contract. Make of it what you will w/ the 'agreements' for now!

 

err.. this didn't sound good.

[King]

We also signed this shortstop

 

[BigBounceyBlueBalls]

What signing? Rumour until pen meets paper! Ang go kick this punk ass kids ass for us!

[metafour]

Love the Guerrero signing... But I think the Jays screwed up this signing period beyond that and for next year.

 

It is obvious that the international directors league wide don't really see the penalties as being anywhere near as morbid as the fans do. Most of these guys are very comfortable with finding players for $300K and below, to the point where they'll gladly live with that reality in exchange for what they believe is a special talent.

 

I think its obvious that Rogers wouldn't fund an "all-in" spending strategy at this point in time anyway, so that alternative really isn't even worth discussing.

[Angrioter]

Deal done 3.9M

[Angrioter]

Vald Jr and Mom

[King]

Milf

[King]

[metafour]

But I also don't like the idea of restricting yourself in 2016...a stronger class than the last few from all accounts.

 

I think its simply a situation wherein the player now is worth more than the guys next year. Ultimately you can't control what other teams do next year anyway, so you take the top guy now because if 10 other teams all decide they want to go on a spending spree next year then what do you do?

[Angrioter]

A friend of mine, just told me that Vladimir Guerrero Jr and Toronto reached a verbal agreement about 4.5 million dollars for next July 2.

 

The friend of mine (Alex Colome and Jose Dominguez cousin), came to a verbal agreement with the A's for the next July 2.

 

My credibility is intact, bitches!!

[King]

[Angrioter]

He didn't sign for $4.5m.

 

You suck!

 

And now, you're top-5 in my favourite cyberfriends.

Spank, i miss you!!

[nmrch]

The Jays are over the cap now right? What are the penalities again?

[King]

[HERPDERP]

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS 7m7 minutes ago Manhattan, NY

vlad jr. will be repped by rick thurman at @BHSCouncil

[TwistedLogic]

The Jays are over the cap now right? What are the penalities again?

 

If they blew their cap this year, they can't sign any international prospects for over 300K in either of the next two signing periods.

[Angrioter]

if they blew their cap this year, they can't sign any international prospects for over 300k in either of the next two signing periods.

 

500k?

[nmrch]

If they blew their cap this year, they can't sign any international prospects for over 300K in either of the next two signing periods.

 

that's what i thought, what the hell are people excited about again. In this system you either go way over the cap or you stay within it and try to go for quantity over quality. The useless GM of ours chose the least efficient middle ground.

[nmrch]

500k?

 

Its 300K if you're over 15%

[TwistedLogic]

500k?

 

• Any spending over the bonus pool allotment is taxed at 100%.
   
  
• A team that exceeds its bonus pool by more than 5% but less than 10% is prohibited from signing any international player the following year for more than $500,000.
   
  
• A team that exceeds its bonus pool by more than 10% but less than 15% percent is prohibited from signing any international player the following year for more than $300,000.
   
  
• A team that exceeds its bonus pool by more than 15% is prohibited from signing any international player for the following two years for more than $300,000.
  

[TwistedLogic]

[TwistedLogic]

Blue Jays recognize value in international market

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/blue-jays-recognize-value-in-international-market/

 

“These guys are so young, I don’t know who the best 16 year old is going to be (next year),” he added.

“We might have an idea but these guys change, it’s hard enough already to scout 18 year olds. If you

have a player you really like and you’re trying to say, well, you forgo the opportunity to sign the best 16

year old two years from now or three years from now, well, you may not like that guy to begin with,

and two, you may not even get him. We’re fine with taking the bird in the hand approach, but we better

really feel good about the player if we were to do something like that.”

[NorthOf49]

Looks like the Jays made a trade to get more cap space! Details not yet known.