Finalists For Roki Sasaki Are Dodgers, Padres, and Blue Jays; Sasaki will Decide Team Soon

[Vancouverite]

28 minutes ago, LetTheFly said:

Bigger issue is what would they be doing with 2M extra international money with most players already signing 

 i'm not too familiar with the IFA money rules but, if the Jays don't spend their IFA pool money this season does the money transfer to next year? or is there other benefits?

[Angrioter]

Cleveland f*** us with Gimenez money and Straw now The Padres are OUT on 

[Stangstag]

 

[Stangstag]

Im glad Sasaki decided to pave his own path, good for him

[Terminator]

What if the rest of the league decides that enough is enough and bands together to do the right thing:

hangs up the phone the second the Dodgers call to inquire on International Pool Money

[Stangstag]

Just now, Terminator said:

What if the rest of the league decides that enough is enough and bands together to do the right thing:

hangs up the phone the second the Dodgers call to inquire on International Pool Money

He'd still sign with the Dodgers, even if their pool money was 200k

[Brock Beauchamp]

49 minutes ago, LetTheFly said:

Is there a way to change it? It apparently didn't transfer all the way lol

Shoot me a PM, I can fix it.

[Angrioter]

Cleveland fu..k us with Gimenez money and Straw now

[204Jays]

3 minutes ago, Stangstag said:

 

This was speculation based on a 65% guess. Not taking me down from my high yet

[Laika]

6 minutes ago, Vancouverite said:

 i'm not too familiar with the IFA money rules but, if the Jays don't spend their IFA pool money this season does the money transfer to next year? or is there other benefits?

If the Jays don't land Sasaki and have this extra money it probably just goes to some of the wandering dudes the Dodgers would have signed. The lost boys. 

[Vancouverite]

anyone know what Straw's advanced metrics show about his base running skills?

If he's elite on defense (gold glove) and baserunning than would he be the worst option to have as the 26th man especially as Springer is regressing defensively? and if we're adding Satander and/or Alonso our team speed and defense would suffer so i'm just trying to play devil advocate here to see if there's any value here as having him as the 26th man to pinch-run and defensive substitution late in games?

As other said overall i too think Loperfido, Clase and Berroa project better as an overall player but, neither are gold gloves and he may project better as a situational utility player?

[Jimcanuck]

1 minute ago, Vancouverite said:

anyone know what Straw's advanced metrics show about his base running skills?

If he's elite on defense (gold glove) and baserunning than would he be the worst option to have as the 26th man especially as Springer is regressing defensively? and if we're adding Satander and/or Alonso our team speed and defense would suffer so i'm just trying to play devil advocate here to see if there's any value here as having him as the 26th man to pinch-run and defensive substitution late in games?

As other said overall i too think Loperfido, Clase and Berroa project better as an overall player but, neither are gold gloves and he may project better as a situational utility player?

Yeah as a situational guy Straw is fine.  As a late inning defensive guy he helps out the bullpen a fair bit.  Varsho and Straw in the OF together is like a giant vacuum

[Jays24]

If Sasaki signs with the Dodgers, I didn't think there was anyway the Jays could do worse than last off-season but we are very close to doing so.  

[Carlos Danger]

10 minutes ago, Stangstag said:

 

How credible is this guy historically?

[Laika]

Is Ross Atkins a double agent?

Like is he a secret Orioles fan? If the Jays miss on Sasaki, that will be the only explanation I have left. 

[Blue balls]

Guys,

The extra 2m is not for Sasaki. It’s too sign Christopher Polanco AND Sasaki… 🤫

[Pendleton]

2 minutes ago, Laika said:

Is Ross Atkins a double agent?

Like is he a secret Orioles fan? If the Jays miss on Sasaki, that will be the only explanation I have left. 

If the Atkins bot screws this up, he needs to be shipped back to the manufacturer 

[Angrioter]

The $2 million Toronto earned in the Straw's awful trade will go toward robbing the Dodgers of international players they pre-signed.

The Dodgers will be out of money after signing Sasaki

[Vancouverite]

8 minutes ago, Jimcanuck said:

Yeah as a situational guy Straw is fine.  As a late inning defensive guy he helps out the bullpen a fair bit.  Varsho and Straw in the OF together is like a giant vacuum

yeah that's my train of thought too. and with the money owed to him i'm sure nobody would pick him up if we had to send him to AAA (i assume he has no options ). If used situationally i think he'll provide value and might even help us win / close out some games.

worthy gamble for 5M this season to try to land Sasaki. Can't be too conversative in my opinion.

[Jimcanuck]

1 minute ago, Angrioter said:

The $2 million Toronto earned in the Straw's awful trade will go toward robbing the Dodgers of international players they pre-signed.

The Dodgers will be out of money after signing Sasaki

At least credit me for being the originator of this line of thinking

[Brownie19]

Just now, Vancouverite said:

yeah that's my train of thought too. and with the money owed to him i'm sure nobody would pick him up if we had to send him to AAA (i assume he has no options ). If used situationally i think he'll provide value and might even help us win / close out some games.

worthy gamble for 5M this season to try to land Sasaki. Can't be too conversative in my opinion.

Desperate times call for desperate measures.  I suspect if we don't land Sasaki, then this team is going nowhere anyway - whether we employ Myles Straw or not.  

This team 100% needs to "go for it" and not p*ssy out like SD seemingly did.

[Terminator]

Love the Jays PR team acting like we don't know what's going on

[Terminator]

Ok Pirates you're up next.

Send as Ke'Brian Hanes and his broken back, cash, and another 3 mil in intl money and shove it toward Sasaki

[Carlos Danger]

16 minutes ago, Terminator said:

Love the Jays PR team acting like we don't know what's going on

Even if we sign Sasaki, still need to find someone X2 who can really hit. 

 

We would be losing games 1-0, 2-1 with our staff, but still losing. We would def win the Team Platinum glove for Defense. 

[Terminator]

1 minute ago, Carlos Danger said:

Even if we sign Sasaki, still need to find someone X2 who can really hit. 

 

We would be losings game 1-0, 2-1 with our staff, but still losing. We would def win the Team Platinum glove for Defense. 

I don't think I would worry about that

If we sign Sasaki this team will find some bats

[mphenhef]

NL west teams are probably racing to the phones to offer up bonus pool money to the Jays at a discount.

[Vancouverite]

2 minutes ago, Terminator said:

I don't think I would worry about that

If we sign Sasaki this team will find some bats

agreed

i like another posters idea that if we land Sasaki maybe we can trade Bassitt for a bat and relocate Bassitt's money to Flaherty if he's interested in coming here. Than sign one of Alonso, Sat, or Briegman.

[Terminator]

That's a sizable difference

[Jimcanuck]

2 minutes ago, Vancouverite said:

agreed

i like another posters idea that if we land Sasaki maybe we can trade Bassitt for a bat and relocate Bassitt's money to Flaherty if he's interested in coming here. Than sign one of Alonso, Sat, or Briegman.

Everything I've seen indicates a team with Sasaki needs a 6 man rotation

[BatFlip]

18 minutes ago, Pendleton said:

If the Atkins bot screws this up, he needs to be shipped back to the manufacturer 

This is madness, I never thought I'd be on the precipice of heartbreak so soon after the Ohtani debacle.