Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2026)

[neverbeenhere]

36 minutes ago, R.O. said:

Vlad for Soto, who says no?

Mets and their fans will say no

[spats]

2 hours ago, BTS said:

A lot of fat guys have back pain 

Maybe he can releive the back pain by not picking up those heavy barrels for the ice baths.

[glory]

2 hours ago, Omar said:

Approach is secondary. All the above are just not good mlb hitters.

Yeah that’s kinda the elephant in the room for 2026. The Jays had way too many hitters who either overachieved in 2025, aren’t very good in general, had no track record to depend on, or a combination of all 3. Vlad s***ing the bed gets the headlines, as it should, but there was a lot of faith put into 2025 performance. Probably way too much. 

[glory]

1 hour ago, R.O. said:

Vlad for Soto, who says no?

The Jays could agree to eat 100% of Vlad’s remaining deal and the Mets still say no to that one. 

Id put the chances of trading Vlad at less than 1% but only real shot with Arte Moreno gone is probably AJ Preller. Let Vlad have a bounce back year in 2027 then immediately call Preller. Take back Xander, who cares, just get out of the contract. Wishful thinking though.