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Call it 2!

Dem rib eyes

Inner Shiterlsey

Productive out at least

So I leave for half an inning and we're down 2-0? Great

f***ing finally I was losing my mind

What do you think is the asking price?

They are the gift!

Back when Rajai was brainless... Oh the days!

f***ing Cordero. I still laugh like a lunatic when I see it

Nope he was scratched with a blister

Oh yeah, some classic 10pm baseball alright!!! I will always have something against these games in Oakland because of the Brandon Inge walkoff grand slam.... I'll never forget that smh

RIP, Kirksaw was an awesome guy man

I for one love this board. Also I can't stand the whole thing about 'main posters being mean' to people. If anything lots of the main posters have de-escalated from the old board. When I started I was welcomed and taught lots of things, and lots of new guys are treated the same. But if you come here as a homer and refuse to accept criticism, or you're attitude is s*** and you get s***** attitude back and you don't like it, this isn't the place for you then. Also this is a normal vBulliten-type board and crowded threads are usually a classic characteristic of these forums, I think King is right, if you prefer smaller more organized threads the Reddit might be the place for you... Although if you think our community is hostile.. Lol

I think he gets crushed here, what you think?

Dumnboski back at it lol

LOL we paid less for price. Obviously he has control but he's not worth that much is he??? Well that sets the tone for prices for starters Also we know Padres are willing to retool. Let's get Upton for cheap, we'll pick up his salary tab

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Yes but what I'm saying is at $20/year for 3 years you take the flier. Did I suggest we give EE the Pujols treatment??? Or give him 5 years plus?????? This started with Dinger saying 20/year for 3/4 years. Do I do that? f*** yes, you'd be crazy not to because of the other players that got listed, usually they sign 5-8 year, $25-30MM deals. If Edwin commands $125M across 5 years I'll say goodbye to him, I don't like committing long term to aging players like Shapiro and Atkins and AA before him don't.

While I agree about the bottom part in being successful for 10 years and the whole turf thing, I think it's not fair to compare the social state of Toronto even 5 years ago till now. 2010 Toronto had a s***: MLB, NHL, NBA, and MLS franchises with literally no one knowing who Toronto is. Now all the celebs talk about Toronto and one of the biggest artists is Torontonian who markets himself with the city. People know what Toronto is now, people loved the NBA all-star game this year it was a huge hit despite the cold. Also now we have another successful sports franchise in the Raptors, TFC and bringing in high level international talent, and the Leafs are one of the more highly anticipated teams. We all knew how good Toronto was as Torontonians, but now the US know that too. Pair it with the fact that we actually have started winning as a sports city is amazing too. Players pay attention to the whole "One team one nation" idea and how many fans are in the stands. Especially the AL players that come here, it gets absolutely deafening on a daily basis. We still have a ways to go but our name has shot up most people's list. Don't forget we have a (potentially) 2x MVP here repping us hard to. It's not that hard of a sell if we're competitive with our offers.

We attracted FA's like Paul Molitor when we were making runs. When teams preform the FA's come. Pair that with ownership who is part of a Canadian monopoly (essentially, with Bell, thanks CRTC!) that owns the TV rights to their OWN channel (that has over 1M viewers per game) and own the stadium (best average attendance in the AL)... This team is an attractive destination, don't even get me started about the city. Most multicultural city in the world. As far as sports here, the Raptors who are very successful, TFC made the playoffs with a high profile player, and the Leafs are poised to succeed based on what I read and see about their new philosophy. And say what you want about Drake, he made the city cool to come to and coined the phrase "the 6" and call it what you want, when you see players like Donaldson, Bautista, Stroman and Sanchez buy into it so much you see what impact that has on the popularity of the city. We've become a cool spot

True. We'll see how Bautista does, I think Reddick could be poised to have good seasons here with his power and great walk% so the philosophy is there. While Bautista might be a reach, EE certainly can put up 3 productive years. You gotta bet on that if he accepts a 3 year term. This guy has been consistently good and we have no other 1B options.

Yes but that's not his point. Gallardo can command more on the market than Dickey so he rejected his QO. If we offer a QO he'll take it there won't be a chance for a team to sign him

You think Adam Lind and Reddick can replace EE and Bautsita?? LOL. Those guys are a couple tiers below EE and Bautista, guys like Reddick would be a solid piece to sure up the outfield not rely on them completely. How much do we truly save if we go with Reddick or Moss? Those guys are going to command 3-4 years above QO so let's say both 18 million a year you're looking at $36M/year or even if they both sign at QO rate you're looking at $30M. If we unload Martin (which I have a strong feeling we will), $9-15M per year extra is nothing for a team this big. Especially if we make/win the World Series. I was thinking we slot EE at first, Bautista at DH and get a guy like Reddick to play the outfield and even then we have a hole in the outfield if we don't sign Saunders. This team is good but taking these 2 out is a mistake Edit: LOL come one man I just saw Lind's fangraphs page, in 70 games he's at -0.7 war and still s*** vs. Lefties. Don't forget his s***** lazy attitude that AA alluded to when we traded him. Don't want this guy near our team

Yup. If we can lock both up for a total of 45$M per year for 3 years I would be super delighted. Gives us somewhat of an extended run while we can start to develop some prospects through Shapiro and Atkins philosophy and we can retool. People forget that if we don't lock these guys in we're f***ed and we probably need to do a rebuild because the minors are empty so no ones coming up and no ones available to trade. At least budget is gonna be increased or at least staying the same, so with our cheap rotation we need to sign big bats, and these 2 are the biggest bats to sign. No need to sell them on the team or the city either. I would look to somehow offload Marin in a Wells-like deal where we salary dump, which if we make a postseason run and he has a decent end to the season offensively he'll be easier to deal. That's the worst deal on the book IMO, at least Tulo is useful