G-Snarls

I had to block that account

I think so

1. He'd almost certainly never agree to that even though I'd love it 2. No chance whatsoever

I sort of hope so but I don't think he will There's almost certainly a 3 year deal for at least 12-15M per season for him out there somewhere and I think he'd take it over the QO More years @ less AAV [/speculation]

In the 90s he probably doesn't decline like this... There were *options* that most players were using

The package for McCutchen apparently was to start with Victor Robles

Yeah. Pirates would probably want a major leaguer plus prospects even though he had a bad year.

Trade 4 Cutch (kidding. He'd cost 5 times the prospect capital)

How good is he in LF and how long since he played there regularly Edit: skipped the part where NJH addressed this directly. My bad.

Hmmmmm

Jeez. I really wanted him once upon a time.

Post game interview with Korean fans yelling at him ecstatically http://www.homeplate.kr/tuesday-kbo-game-highlights-20140506

I'd totally give Thames a chance What position did he play in Korea??

Areed Just put a winning team on the field

I don't hate this plan at all

Ladies, gay guys and those with a heterosexual man crush on KK (read: BTS) ... You're welcome

And it's not close KP http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/toronto-blue-jay-player-kevin-pillar-attends-the-hudsons-bay-welcomes-picture-id519675128 KK http://www.tampabay.com/resources/images/blogs-photo/rendered/2016/02/kevinberns1_8col.jpg http://www.tampabay.com/resources/images/dti/rendered/2016/02/500307973_16558649_8col.jpg

It's a ******** handsomeness contest I tell ya

http://i.imgur.com/U0F0vK4.jpg

He really is But in a year he only played 105 games?

Hopefully they find a way to give one more to Derek Jeter

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Mark Shapiro isn’t saying it directly and his vagueness on the matter is by design, but the Toronto Blue Jays will have more big-league payroll to work with in 2017. The precise size of the increase is unclear – “it’s a competitive disadvantage to discuss payroll publicly,” the club’s president and CEO says during an interview. However, as the Blue Jays push to re-sign Edwin Encarnacion, there’d be no logic in bringing him back if they didn’t have the money to fill in around him. “As we head into free agency, I’m confident that we’re being provided the resources necessary to both sign players and continue to field a championship team,” is the closest Shapiro would come to actually saying the payroll was going up. The Blue Jays are believed to have spent roughly $152 million on the big-league club in 2016, when they entered the post-season as a wild-card and advanced to the American League Championship Series before losing in five games to Cleveland. Already on the books for 2017 is $106.3 million in guarantees to nine players, a number that shoots up to $112.2 million when the arbitration projections for Marcus Stroman, Aaron Loup and Darwin Barney are factored in. Encarnacion is a top priority and industry sources peg the floor for him at $80 million over four years. With a qualifying offer of $17.2 million extended to Jose Bautista, the Blue Jays would have to be able to absorb something near $40 million for the both of them next year, with money left to plug other holes. Shapiro would not discuss the state of negotiations with Encarnacion – "Any comment about our efforts to sign him hurts our chances to sign him," he said – but made clear the Blue Jays’ intentions for the winter. "We absolutely feel we have a core of talent in place that objectively is a contending ball club if we can make some additions this off-season," said Shapiro. The payroll increase from team owner Rogers Communications Inc., comes after the Blue Jays led the American League in attendance at 3,392,099, the fifth highest total in franchise history. On TV, their average audience of 1.01 million during the regular season established a new record on Sportsnet, underlining the club’s economic reach. In August, the Blue Jays announced an increase in ticket costs for the third straight year, with season-seat prices rising an average of nine per cent for early-bird renewals under a wide-scale matrix restructuring. "There has been support, an understanding of the window of opportunity we’re in right now and the importance of trying to field a championship-calibre or contending team," Shapiro said of ownership.