Abomination

A healthy Santander would be equivalent to signing a big bat. All the same, I really want to see us finish this off with Bo or Tucker.

That makes a LOT more sense.

I wonder if any of that money for Bregman is deferred, because that seems a bit high to me.

Clement probably starts at SS against lefties from time to time as well.

I feel like this move takes us out of the Tucker market and hopefully means Bo resigning. I have to imagine Okamoto is penciled in as the 3rd baseman, with a backup plan of LF if he struggles defensively. Barger likely moves to RF. I can't see them trading either Barger or Santander, so unless Barger can play 2nd (maybe?) I can't see them adding another outfielder. I would think it also means one of Lukes or Straw will probably be traded (probably Lukes since he's a lefty), along with Berrios and Rodriguez. I feel a little bad for Loperfido in all of this, who is actually kind of intriguing but has no realistic shot of being in the majors this year. I'm thinking we'll end up looking something like this: DH - Springer C- Kirk 1B - Vladdy 2B - Bo SS - Gimenez 3B - Okamoto CF - Varsho LF - Santander RF - Barger Bench - Heineman, Schneider, Straw, Clement SP - Gausman SP - Cease SP - Bieber SP - Yesavage SP - Ponce RP - Hoffman RP - Rogers RP - Varland RP - Little RP - Lauer RP - Nance RP - Fluharty RP - Garcia Minors but ready: Fisher, Lee

Apparently Sportsnet had an average of 4.4M viewers in the ALCS and 7.5M during the WS. They also said that they averaged 2.5M viewers for the entire post-season coverage on Sportsnet (I assume that's all the games they showed, not just the Jays).

He has the highest upside if he figures it out, but he really feels like a AAAA guy or 4th outfielder to me.

The Baz trade seems fine for the Rays, but I don't get the Lowe one at all. I feel like the prospects they received may not be as good as the ones they gave up, and that's before discussing Lowe.

Tucker's agent probably says no, and Bo would probably already have the pen in his hand.

I'm not sure what I think about this. It definitely improves the pen (at a fairly hefty cost), and he's a guy who should be mostly immune to aging assuming he continues to show a rubber arm, but we really need to address the offense too. That payroll is starting to get to the point where we need to ask if they can go much higher.

I think it's going to be hard for the Jays to trade Berrios unless it's for another questionable contract. Maybe someone like (but not) Yoshida.

imo Bellinger feels pretty similar to Springer when we signed him.

Sonny Gray might be a decent trade candidate, especially if we could send Yariel back as part of the return to offset some of the salary. Not sure what kind of prospect he'd cost, but there's rumors of him being available. That's the type of transaction I think we'll see to address the starting rotation.

I feel like they'll trade for a starting pitcher and sign a FA hitter + closer.

He seems to be worth pretty close to that, at least on the front half of the contract. He's put up 4.2 WAR or higher for 5 straight years (including his half year in 2024). Fangraphs pegs that at 39.4, 38.9, 39.3, 33.7, 36. I'd be more concerned about his durability as he ages. Regardless, he's probably not in the budget unless we can't resign Bo.

No way to know. It's not at all unusual for a young player to burst onto the scene, then struggle when the league starts to figure them out. Maybe the playoffs were Barger readjusting or maybe it was just small sample size variance. The fact he was hitting lefties well too was very encouraging though.

This would be fantastic!

This result really hurts, but we just witnessed one of the greatest world series in history.

The unintentional intentional walk.

They have to walk Barger here, don't they?

Well, we have 2 guys coming up with some power and one who may be able to get hit by a pitch.

Would Straw hitting one out be comparable to Rojas doing it?

I don't mind Dominguez being brought in here, regardless of what ends up happening. I think Beiber comes in next inning for the top of the lineup.

Well, this is not ideal.

No, there was a path to slide in