Offseason Roster Thread 2025-26

[Spanky__99]

4 hours ago, Jays24 said:

We find a true Bo replacement yet? 

Psstt his name is Okamoto, and Toronto still tried to get better bats, this isn't a video game.

[mphenhef]

People don't seem to realize that Okamoto has very similar numbers to Seiya Suzuki in Japan.  I think we would all gladly take a bat like Seiya in the lineup.

[mphenhef]

8 hours ago, Abomination said:

More like the Japanese Adam Dunn. He'll be fun to watch though!

Are we talking Murakami or Okamoto?

[Brownie19]

13 hours ago, Jays24 said:

You can take those projections for a dude who never played in the MLB, turn it sideways and... 

Well that's just stupid.  

[John_Havok]

6 minutes ago, Brownie19 said:

Well that's just stupid.  

Yup. He forgot to tell him to shine it up real nice first. 

Fake fan of the Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment. 

[Spanky__99]

7 hours ago, mphenhef said:

People don't seem to realize that Okamoto has very similar numbers to Seiya Suzuki in Japan.  I think we would all gladly take a bat like Seiya in the lineup.

With far better D.

 

[max silver]

50 minutes ago, Spanky__99 said:

With far better D.

 

That remains to be seen.

[Spanky__99]

52 minutes ago, max silver said:

That remains to be seen.

Obviously Max???

But.....

[Terminator]

I think waiting on acquiring another bat could be wise.

If a trade falls into our laps than go for it, but if we wait we can see if Taters rebounds. If he doesn't, bats seemingly always go for far less at the deadline than pitchers do.

 

[Stangstag]

3 hours ago, Terminator said:

I think waiting on acquiring another bat could be wise.

If a trade falls into our laps than go for it, but if we wait we can see if Taters rebounds. If he doesn't, bats seemingly always go for far less at the deadline than pitchers do.

 

Shouldn’t be too hard to find a corner OF platoon bat at the deadline if needed, to platoon with Davis/Lukes/Loperfido/Barger/Okamoto/whoever is hot.

[Jays24]

[mellowgold2]

On 1/29/2026 at 11:06 PM, Abomination said:

More like the Japanese Adam Dunn. He'll be fun to watch though!

Okamoto doesn't like baseball?

[Laika]

Framber would be sweet.

Wonder who they would trade. Berrios is the one everyone mentions but he's such a dead weight, negative asset. 

[Jays24]

1 hour ago, Laika said:

Framber would be sweet.

Wonder who they would trade. Berrios is the one everyone mentions but he's such a dead weight, negative asset. 

Ive wanted us to make Ponce our closer so hope maybe that happens if we somehow land Valdez

[Jonn]

I mean I would take Valdez as a pure rotation upgrade and keeping him from a team like the Orioles. But realistically unless Bieber is not healthy the team already needs to move a Starter. So it doesn't seem like a natural fit. But considering the team offered Kyle Tucker $35 million they clearly have some juice and if you can't add the bat you want spend it on another pitcher and figure it out later. Especially if Valdez is willing to go short term.

[max silver]

1 hour ago, Jays24 said:

Ive wanted us to make Ponce our closer so hope maybe that happens if we somehow land Valdez

I'd wager it might be best to see how Ponce's improved stuff and arsenal plays against major league hitters before assigning a defined role.

[Spanky__99]

4 hours ago, Laika said:

Framber would be sweet.

Wonder who they would trade. Berrios is the one everyone mentions but he's such a dead weight, negative asset. 

If they land Framber, you'd have to think they have a trade ready in the cards.

[John_Havok]

7 hours ago, Spanky__99 said:

If they land Framber, you'd have to think they have a trade ready in the cards.

Either that, or Bieber's health is worse than we all think

[glory]

12 hours ago, Laika said:

Framber would be sweet.

Wonder who they would trade. Berrios is the one everyone mentions but he's such a dead weight, negative asset. 

They wouldn’t trade Gausman and Yesavage, and obviously not Cease and Ponce, so that leaves Berrios and Bieber. Even if Biebs is a question mark health-wise, I would think the Jays were pretty happy that he opted in as the cost was practically nothing given his upside. Berrios is really the only option, realistically. The contract is awful and he ain’t opting out of 2/48 after this season, so you just have to hope there’s a bad contract swap somewhere. But that’s only a bridge to cross if they signed another SP (Framber). As is, the Jays need as much SP depth as possible and if Berrios is your #6, then that’s not terrible. 

Another option if they signed Framber would be moving Lauer (I guess) to save $5M, as Berrios could be the (disgruntled) long man/7th starter, but they’d have to determine if having an unhappy Berrios around would be worth it. 

Either way, Atkins moves in silence usually. The fact that Heyman specifically mentioned the Jays leads me to think it’s a nothing burger.

[BringBackTheODog]

15 hours ago, Laika said:

Framber would be sweet.

Wonder who they would trade. Berrios is the one everyone mentions but he's such a dead weight, negative asset. 

I wonder if we could pay a portion of his salary, attach a prospect and flip him for Albies? Seems like something AA would explore. Albies is an option for the 2 hole against LHP and we can platoon Clement/Gimenez/Albies in the middle inflield. I still would like a floor-raising move. 

[Laika]

Trading Gausman is possible. Not likely and it would not be popular but if you ignore popularity it could make sense. 

• Jays need SP from 2027 on, hence signing Framber (32) for several years
• Gausman (35) is more of a year-to-year guy given his age and bag of pitches (fringe velo, two pitches)
• Gausman in 2026 has surplus value. 3 win projection + durability and resume for a tidy salary. 
• Signing Framber and trading Goose is still a mild SP upgrade
• Trading Goose could fetch a big upgrade elsewhere. I won't speculate, but they could get creative and package him with various players for a big upgrade on the position side and/or in relief. 

[rydermike]

Report: Blue Jays contemplating Scherzer reunion

https://thescore.com/mlb/news/3472736

[Terminator]

9 hours ago, rydermike said:

Report: Blue Jays contemplating Scherzer reunion

https://thescore.com/mlb/news/3472736

He would be a wise addition. It's almost impossible to add starting pitching depth without a clear spot in the rotation.

But if he's willing to start on the 60-day IL in ST and then make his debut in June I would be all for it. It's almost impossible to add starting pitching depth via free agency but this would be one way to do it.

[ValiantJaysFan]

I would love Max around the team just for the impact he has on Yesavage and the whole dugout. If he has to pitch once in a while to make that happen then sure, throw him in for mop up duty lol. But way more interested in what he brings to the culture than the field at this point of his career.

[G-Snarls]

Glad we don't have any worrisome arbitration cases

[mphenhef]

49 days until opening day (AKA the day we can retire this thread!)

[Jonn]

I'm kinda shocked Bassit hasn't signed anywhere yet. But you would think we would be more into him over Max. But would welcome them both back in a back end role. I am assuming there is legit injury concerns for both Bieber and Berrios for them to be so active in the Starters market.