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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2023)
Abomination replied to Krylian's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I don't think he's anywhere close to being a lock at starter. I do think there's a strong chance that he gets in 4 or 5 games a week in multiple positions though. -
General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2023)
Abomination replied to Krylian's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Some combination of all of the above seems reasonable. I think you hope one of Barger or Orelvis grabs hold of the position in the spring, but we do have the bodies if they don't. The way I look at it is some combo of those guys probably match or exceed the other available options with the exception of Chapman. If we really want to sign a 3rd baseman in FA, I'd rather do it next year when there's better options available. I'd personally rather overpay for Bellinger than overpay for Chapman. Hell, get Bellinger AND Yelich. -
General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2023)
Abomination replied to Krylian's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
IMO our best option is to fill it internally. Spend or trade in other areas where we do have more choice. -
There's no real reason for us to. Very risky signing at those prices when there's other high end options available with MLB track records.
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2023)
Abomination replied to Krylian's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Our management only believe in twice through the lineup anyway. 75 pitches is the new 150 -
Ha ha ha. That's brilliant!
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I'm beginning to think the best option is to roll with whoever gets hot between Barger and Orelvis Martinez for 3rd base duties. One of them probably takes over by 2025 anyway. Aside from Chapman, I'm not convinced anyone available would be an upgrade over them. Sign one of Soler, Hoskins, or JD for DH and cross your fingers with a Bellinger contract (or Gurriel if Bellinger bidding goes nuts). Certainly not ideal, but it should be an improved offense over last year. Maybe trade Espinal for a reliever and make Clement the super bench guy since he can sort of play most positions.
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We may very well have beaten it. It's entirely possible we were the highest bid by a wide margin. If Ohtani really is making $50m a year in sponsorships, it's possible that may have dropped here by enough to have required us to pay $100M or $200M more than the Dodgers.
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2023)
Abomination replied to Krylian's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I don't expect us to sign him or really field a competitive offer. I'm sure we'll meet with him, but honestly our pitching is not the problem we need to solve. I suspect most of our moves will be via FA, and I'd expect to see something fairly soon. If we really want Bellinger, then I could see us waiting on signing other people until he decides. If not, then I think we'll be fairly aggressive and get at least one or two things done sooner rather than later. -
I think the tennis players do it to avoid taxes on sponsorships and stuff (not to mention investments). It doesn't hurt that Monaco was smart and created world class tennis facilities with great weather.
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I'm not sure I like the idea of Schneider full time at 3rd. I think ideally he slots in as a guy who is more of a super utility and maybe plays 4-5 times a week between 2nd, 3rd, lf, dh, etc. I don't like selling low on Manoah either. I think we need to slot him into the #5 spot and give him the rope to work through it (assuming he hasn't already this offseason). I kinda feel like we have to go after Bellinger, as scary as that is.
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Can't really argue with any of that.
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I don't actually think they were. My suspicion is that the Jays were the high bidder by probably $50M. The Dodgers likely upped their offer to be close after news that they lost the bid, and Ohtani then negotiated the deferred deal to allow him to accept the highest bid while not being too disrespectful to what was probably a non-finalized agreement with the Jays. The marketing opportunities in LA plus potentially not having to move were probably deciding factors. Atkins definitely doesn't go AWOL at the winter meetings if they don't have very good reason to believe they were likely to get him.
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I think it would be a bad idea to make a panic trade. We need legit bats at 3rd, OF, and DH at minimum. It would be nice if the DH could play the field too, but they probably don't HAVE to. You could imagine something like Chapman / Turner + Bellinger + JD creating quite a nice lineup. That's assuming someone doesn't do something insane with Bellinger.
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As much as I'd love to watch Ohtani for the next 10 years, I wouldn't be very happy to have us pay 70M a year for him. The same goes for what it would have cost us in trade for one year of Soto. The front office definitely has to do SOMETHING fairly significant to improve the team though. We can't waste the time we have with Vladdy and Bo.
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We're not the Orioles.
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And he'll think it's all for him. Could be hilarious!
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Abomination replied to spittin's topic in Fantasy Sports
The teacher has regressed and become the student -
Not a great week (a lot of guys sitting out on back-to-backs and day-to-day injuries really hurt), but most of the actual numbers aren't horrible. Ran into the wrong team on the wrong week.
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Anyone else seeing weird things in the stat tracker?
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I'm still not sure what team showed up. You could probably have got some amazing odds half way through the 4th quarter!
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If the refs keep up with these BS calls, they might get 225 free throws alone.
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My team seems to have forgotten how to put the puck in the net.
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"Unpronounceable"
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TCA is up!