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[jaysguy44]

BREAKING: #Rays finalizing deal to sign Japanese OF/INF/DH Yoshitomo Tsutsugo, a lefty power bat. Two-year deal would be in range of $12M, plus posting fee (about another $2.4M)

[xposbrad]

Tsutsugo to the Rays

 

Hard to believe the Jays couldn't beat that deal with money, unless he wanted a warm climate and hot spanish girls.

[Spanky__99]

Well, there goes that.

[Laika]

That's f***ing awful. Too bad.

 

Toronto better end up with a viable LHB for a better deal than that.

[P2F]

Well, there goes that.

 

I guess that leaves, who, Travis Shaw or Justin Smoak as the best options? Smoak would make a lot of sense if they want to cheap out, which evidently they do.

[G-Snarls]

truly a Festivus miracle.

 

Fixed that for you

[glory]

I guess that leaves, who, Travis Shaw or Justin Smoak as the best options? Smoak would make a lot of sense if they want to cheap out, which evidently they do.

 

Travis Shaw makes the most sense. Even if he signs a one year deal he'll have a 2nd year of control through arb, he can cover multiple positions, and is a bounce back candidate with the bat.

 

Although at the rate the Jays are getting spurned by free agents, maybe they do bring Edwin back if for no other reason than he actually doesn't mind playing here.

[Laika]

I guess that leaves, who, Travis Shaw or Justin Smoak as the best options? Smoak would make a lot of sense if they want to cheap out, which evidently they do.

 

Well there are a lot of options left. Could even sign a RHB like EE or Todd Frazier, or someone who plays a different position like Cesar Hernandez then have Biggio bounce around the field more. Dickerson, Calhoun, Smoak, Avisail Garcia, Souza, Shaw, Maikel Franco, Cron, Domingo, Thames.

 

Zobrist, Bird, Zimmerman, Jerko, Pence....

 

They need to add a bat though and Yoshi was such a great fit and a nice mix of upside and low cost.

[BTS]

Eric Thames has been about on par with Smoak since coming back, and was a lot better this year. He's another option, especially given that there's not a clear internal candidate to be parked at DH 4-5 times a week.

 

Losing Tsutsugo hurts though, because we haven't really added anyone with upside yet this offseason. We pretty much know exactly what we're getting in Anderson and Roark.

[Ray]

Jed Lowrie + Dom Smith for nothing. I’d even be willing to do something.

 

Makes so much sense.

[wilko]

Dickerson plz.

[Deadpool]

We could stick w/ Japanese guys and make a bit of a push for Shogo Akiyama. Not a huge bat, but he is LF with speed and is a natural CF.

 

Smoak is a no for me, I think the team should be looking at positional flexibility, or at least considering it. I don't want an "everyday 1B" type.

[devo]

 

Cespedes about to get the Bobby Bonilla treatment.

[wilko]

A Cespedes for the rest of us!

[bones10]

Why was Shaw so dog s*** last year?

[Spanky__99]

 

Cespedes about to get the Bobby Bonilla treatment.

 

That was a costly accident falling off his horse...

 

[Bobthe4th]

Why was Shaw so dog s*** last year?

 

When someone falls of a cliff that much while still relatively young, there's often personal problems involved. He didn't have injuries. Drugs, family, depression, who knows? Or maybe it was just random, he didn't really play much after starting the first few months ice cold.

[Spanky__99]

[TheHurl]

[Spanky__99]

Damn...

[BTS]

Kluber to Texas

[G-Snarls]

Kluber to Texas

 

Rosenthal credibility tweet

 

No details on the return for Cleveland yet...

[saskjayfan]

Rosenthal credibility tweet

 

No details on the return for Cleveland yet...

 

Hopefully the price is substantial.

[G-Snarls]

Lindor next or do they try one more season with him?

 

Personally I think now or the trade deadline is the time to trade him if they can't agree to an extension. And I don't know if they can even realistically afford to keep him at market value.

[saskjayfan]

delino deschields jr and Emmanuel Clase involved in return.

[RobinThicc]

[Orgfiller]

 

Surely there's a top prospect also involved in this.

[saskjayfan]

 

so we signed Roark for 2 years 24 instead getting Kluber for 2 years 35 and spare parts. We gave Cleveland Josh Donaldson for nothing. Did they not owe us?

[saskjayfan]

Surely there's a top prospect also involved in this.

 

nope that's it...salary dump. Where were the Jays in all of this.

[BTS]

What a s***** return. Angels couldn’t top this?