BTS
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lol, every owner who has ever greenlit reckless spending has seemed very committed at the time. And then they weren't anymore. Most of the teams you're praising right now are going to be bad in a couple of years. Actually, Texas is probably going to be bad in 2023.
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Maybe Senga over Painter if I was trying to win in 2023.
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Most teams that behave this way (completely recklessly financially) end up doing it for a short period, failing, then firing management and going into a rebuild. We haven't really ever seen a team act the way the Padres or Mets have this offseason and keep it up for an extended period. Maybe the Yankees of 15-20 years ago? I think the idea that Texas, Philly, SD, NYM etc... have all decided at the same time that money doesn't matter and they're going to keep the party going perpetually with 50-100M in dead weight is a bit ridiculous. Maybe Cohen will. Most will go into a full rebuild.
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Carlos Rodon remains available. He's really good.
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This is the closest I’ve ever come to banning Carlos
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If that's true they shouldn't be targeting Happ. Happ is a mediocre corner OF with one year of control left. Chicago should be adding to him for Jansen.
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I will enjoy rooting against the Mets this season
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All of you people complaining are going to change your tune pretty quick when that beautiful steely-gazed lion runs 60 feet to jump in front of a camped Gurriel on routine fly and guns down a runner tagging from 3B.
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Going to be fun watching that chiseled jaw and beautiful eyes. Also his defense I guess.
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You can't even really get honest analysis of baseball contracts anymore because every baseball journalist is so far up the union's ass that they praise every big deal as a bold win for the working class.
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Congrats to Samsonov on his first ever Pepsi Shutout.
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This reminds me of the Evil Empire days of the last Yankees heyday back in the early 2000s: no finesse, no strategy - just fielding the absolute best team money can buy. It's been awhile since baseball had a villain like this. A lot of people are going to love rooting against the Mets.
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Imagine being Ronald Acuna right now. He'd be two seasons from hitting free agency going into his age-27 season if he hadn't signed his extension. He'd probably be looking at a 400M-500M deal, assuming the power comes back this year. Instead he's signed through 30 for 134M.
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Does that push them over 400M if you include the tax?
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lol WTF. Were they basically just bidding against the Padres?
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They’re the same person.
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Bloom f***ed up twice here: the biggest mistake was not getting it done before last season, and the second mistake was holding him at the deadline with Boston out of contention. Once those ships sailed he was right to let him go.
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Yeah. There are real warts with Bogaerts. Dude hit 15 homeruns with a 0.323 xwOBA last year, and has always struggled on the road where he can’t pepper balls off the monster. This could be ugly almost immediately.
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Toronto isn't going to be running a 250-300M payroll this year.
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I don't expect any of those three teams to be competitive 2-3 years from now. Houston, LAD, Atlanta, St. Louis, and TB probably will be. But that's mostly beside the point, because I'm not suggesting that Toronto shouldn't have a competitive payroll. I'm saying that there are different ways of getting there - you can spread the money around and not take on the risk of a 300M contract. The Cardinals signed Willson Contreras for 5 x 17.5. If they were to also sign Ross Stripling for 3 x 36 they would have added about the same AAV as Bogaerts (actually a bit mroe) and likely improved their team more in the short term, without any of the long-term risk. You don't need to shop at the very top of the FA market to spend money, or to compete at the highest level.
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I don't really see how allocating 15-20% of their payroll to one guy and paying him until he's 41 is the solution to that problem.
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The best team in baseball over the last half decade has never spent more than 150M on a single contract, and has let George Springer, Gerrit Cole, Justin Verlander, and Carlos Correa leave via free agency because they valued financial flexibility enough to not risk an albatross contract. The only mega-contract the Dodgers have given out has been to Mookie Betts, and they'd be an easy 100-win team without him. They've let Trea Turner, Max Scherzer, Zack Greinke, and Corey Seager walk via free agency. The biggest financial commitment the Cardinals have is 160M to Paul Goldschmidt. The biggest commitment the Braves have is 168M for Matt Olson, and that might have been a mistake. The idea that you need to give out 250M mega-deals to top free agents to compete is absurd. The best run teams in the game have mostly been avoiding them and letting desperate orgs with a history of poor decisions make those commitments.
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Toronto Blue Jays Roster Discussion (2022)
BTS replied to TwistedLogic's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Yeah. They only have Vaughn Grissom, but everything I've read says he's going to land at 2B or corner OF defensively. Bichette + Jansen for RAJ. Sign Correa. The WS will be easy to win. -
Toronto Blue Jays Roster Discussion (2022)
BTS replied to TwistedLogic's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Ronald Acuna Jr. -
The Cards are such a good Org
