Jose: 'I dont believe in hometown discounts Ive given a 5-year home discount already"

[ColdPint]

If the Jays don't win it all this year and Jose and EE move on to torture us for the next couple of years as Yankees or Red Sox the vitriol from the fanbase will be significant, and somewhat deserved in my opinion.

[glory]

Look what Cespedes got. Wouldn't surprise me if Bautista wants 4/100 or 5/125. The AAV he wants is probably going to fall somewhere between $22-25M. It was never meant to be. Jays got him at a bargain for his best years. It will suck to see him play elsewhere but the team he goes to will be paying way more for his declining years. That's the way the Jays have to look at it.

[flafson]

You know what bothers me, if they only sat with him for 15 minutes, that kinda shows Bautista have 0 respect for the new regime. Couldn't they at least have coffee, talk about future plans, maybe have some cake?

15 minutes is more like, knock on wood, open a crack at the door, ask them what they want, they say they want to give him $15m for 5 years, he's saying I want $25 for 5 years and him closing the door in their face.