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seems possible he's a .240 hitter with 15 homers then the fantasy (roto) value hinges a lot on SB

Not sure you understand how hard it is to hit .280 with 20 Homers Judge Springer Yandy Diaz Bobby Witt Freeman Naylor (20 HR) Vlad Kurtz Acuna Jr. Stowers Geraldo Perdomo Ketel Marte (.283) Jose Ramirez (.283) Ohtani (.282) Ramon Laureano That's the entire list. The Jays already have two and the only other on this list who you might be able to acquire will never do it again (Laureano). And PROJECTIONS have an even smaller list. Yordan, Vlad, Yandy, Witt, Bichette (20), Acuna Jr, Judge, Marte. That's it!!!

Here is your post with the needless words removed. I hope I don't get tarred and feathered for this... the Blue Jays heading into 2026 are clearly a better team than they were last season.... but the AL East is still absolutely brutal. WHY WOULD YOU GET TARRED AND FEATHERED FOR THAT lmao

2.5 WAR guy with fringe power who played 20 games at shortstop (poorly) a few years ago... THE JAYS NEED THIS DUDE, REMEMBER BEN ZOBRIST!?

Don't overreact to Whit and Bo and all of this It would be reasonable and rational for Toronto to not have Bo high on their preference list this offseason for a huge contract, or as an extension priority before this offseason, and it would be reasonable and rational for Bo Bichette to be a bit put off by that and for friction to exist.

66. JoJo Parker Toronto Blue Jays SS Ht: 6'2" | Wt: 200 | B-T: L-R Age: 19 BA Grade/Risk: 60/High Adjusted Grade: 45 The Skinny: Parker was one of the older high schoolers in the 2025 draft class, but he was also one of the bigger risers and offers one of the better blends of hitting ability and power among his draft peers. He’s a physical hitter with plus bat-to-ball skills and plus raw power. Parker projects as an above-average regular at third base with all-star upside. Scouting Grades Hit: 55 | Power: 55 | Run: 50 | Field: 50 | Arm: 55 62. Arjun Nimmala Toronto Blue Jays SS Ht: 6'1" | Wt: 170 | B-T: R-R Age: 20 BA Grade/Risk: 60/High Adjusted Grade: 45 The Skinny: Nimmala was one of the hottest hitters in the minors over the first half of 2025, slashing .289/.372/.538 in 45 High-A games, but he hit just .184 over his final 75. While he runs quite hot and cold, Nimmala’s lightning-quick bat speed and shortstop defense give him a chance to develop into an above-average regular. Scouting Grades Hit: 45 | Power: 55 | Run: 55 | Field: 55 | Arm: 60 10. Trey Yesavage Toronto Blue Jays RHP Ht: 6'4" | Wt: 225 | B-T: R-R Age: 22 BA Grade/Risk: 60/Mild Adjusted Grade: 55 The Skinny: Yesavage’s ceiling was present throughout his ascent from Low-A to the World Series. He combines an outlier delivery with premium stuff and is a slam dunk to pitch in the middle of Toronto’s rotation for a long while. Scouting Grades Fastball: 60 | Slider: 55 | Split: 70 | Control: 50

Seems like Jett Williams should be a 2 WAR player of some variety. Just some big questions on defensive home and how the hit vs. power thing will play out for him. He could develop into more of a line drive, 10 HR guy or he could forego batting average and be a 20+ HR guy. BA seems to think he'll be more hit/defense/speed 71. Jett Williams New York Mets SS Ht: 5'6" | Wt: 175 | B-T: R-R Age: 22 BA Grade/Risk: 55/Average Adjusted Grade: 45 The Skinny: Williams rebounded from wrist surgery to deliver a strong 2025 season, splitting time between Double-A and Triple-A while showing his trademark energy and versatility. He combines plus speed, on-base ability and defensive flexibility across the middle infield and center field. If his contact quality continues to sharpen, he projects as a table-setting regular with impact on the bases. Scouting Grades Hit: 55 | Power: 45 | Run: 65 | Field: 50 | Arm: 60

I mean this team is notably better Scherzer was a bum. Bassitt was a solid 2 win pitcher. Cease and Ponce are 5-6 WAR projected, combined. Huge gap. Okamoto is a 1.5 win downgrade from Bo (or 1 win on some projection systems) Rogers is a lot better than Dominguez People just seem to be a bit frazzled because the OFFENSE is maybe not quite as good, but a lot of than hinges on Okamoto who has wRC+ projections that are pretty dang close to Bichette for 2026

Even if I don't like Bellinger it would be fun to get him for even money with the Yankees offer, or slightly more. Maybe the narrative could be that he went to Toronto because he was frustrated the Yankees were being so cheap with him. Or he wanted to win so he chose Toronto. I would enjoy the stories.

seems like a no the rumours make it feel like they just followed his market and then when his price got too high they signed Okamoto

it probably should be his role but I don't remember them making any Schneider vs. Ernie starting decisions in 2025 it might be more likely that DS is the platoon bat they insert for Gimenez, against lefties, with Clement sliding to SS. more likely than not this will end up being dictated by injuries or one of Gimenez/Clement just outright stinking

Yes, as presently constructed. It would make sense to hedge and bring in a guy who can play 2B and hit RHP. I don't really see any in free agency. Adam Frazier is ancient, Luis Rengifo is not good on D and hits righties worse. Ramon Urias is a RHB but he has neutral career splits, decent projections and okay defense. But is he any different than Leo Jimenez? This line of discussion is probably why they checked in on Yoan Moncada, before 3B was filled by Okamoto. Insurance against Ernie being unplayable every day against RHP.

Clement's career platoon split is not that weird 82 wRC+ vs RHP and 98 vs LHP He does get jammed by RHP you can see it on the IFFB% The main reason to play him is the elite glove, anyway. Dude might be a +15 3B and 2B, +10 SS, something like that. Gimenez and Ernie were really made to platoon with each other, lol.

slump avoidance is almost impossible when you rely so much on batted ball luck

At present, the Jays project like this: LF 1.9 fWAR CF 2.2 fWAR (you can add half a win though as they have Varsho with negative defense) RF 2.6 fWAR The team could improve the LF and RF projections by just benching Santander, as well, since a Lukes/Schneider platoon projects better than him but FGDC has Santander getting 567 PA. Bellinger's projections range from 2.1 to 3.0 fWAR (OOPSY to FGDC). Kyle Tucker has a composite projection of around 4.5 fWAR, about 2 full wins above Bellinger. You can sign Kyle Tucker and then bank that notable improvement and figure out the roster shakedown later. But signing Bellinger doesn't make sense - it is quite an inefficient use of resources. You are getting a 0.5 win upgrade MAYBE and then dealing with an awkward personnel issue where Santander is in a timeshare with someone and isn't even given a true chance to rebound, or you are benching Barger, or you are platooning Okamoto from day 1 so you can play Barger. The SP project like this: Cease 187 IP 3.8 WAR Gausman 185 IP 2.8 WAR Bieber 143 IP 2.3 WAR Yesavage 137 IP 2.1 WAR Ponce 129 IP 2.1 WAR Berrios 111 IP 1.2 WAR Does Framber Valdez' 3.7 WAR projection move the needle much more for Toronto? It could make sense. SP depth charts are much more fluid and there are obvious risks on this chart (Bieber, injury; Ponce, performance; Berrios, injury and performance). Yesavage had what, 139 total innings last year including the playoffs? They probably want to play it safe with him so we might not see much more than 150. Gausman at 35 has to be considered a huge injury risk even if he is the type to pitch through anything and pending free agency will incentivize him to do so. Berrios is kind of a complete write off for me, I would just expect slop innings since the dude's stuff is completely gone.

It would kind of be repeating the same mistake they made with Springer... playing a fringe CF in CF after 30. We saw how patrolling CF as he aged affected Springer negatively, for a long time. Offense down + injury risk up. Maybe even got in his head a bit in terms of what kind of player he should be, how he should train etc.

Bellinger might not be a starting quality defensive CF right now, let alone in 2027. I don't think him covering CF would be much of a consideration

SS and LF are the worst positions by league relative projections. I will ignore the CF projection of Varsho's defense because it makes no sense. Bellinger is a notable roster upgrade I just can't get comfortable with the idea of him and long term money

Closer is not a position. The Jays have a good pen. Top 7, maybe top 5.

lol Chris Collabello was a waiver claim and so was Hendriks the proper year You are talking about something different here and if you are using hindsight instead of process why include the massive flop Saunders

The big difference with some of those past off-seasons is the Jays always had to overpay and do desperate s***, like the Dickey and Jose Reyes / Josh Johnson trades or the BJ Ryan and Burnett deals, etc. Even the Russell Martin contract was massive in context and despite him being Canadian they had to overpay him. Only real exceptions were the Donaldson and Chapman trades. You can slap on A+ on both of those trades of course. But in terms of grading the entire off-season, this one seems different. We have an upper echelon organization now that can swing money around but seems to know how to do it prudently. The signals for future years seem massive to me. Feelsgoodman.

No off-season grade for Toronto other than an A makes sense This was probably the best off-season ever for the franchise. Big signings and value signings and big international signings and most importantly nothing desperate.

he's probably untouchable he shouldn't be untouchable yes it should land him no it won't land him because he will not be traded but it should but it won't because he won't

He probably would have been the 3B for Philly too