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What crippled them was not having any flexibility payroll wise to add when they needed to. It's all fine and dandy to sustain (insert Team X's payroll here) ~170M payroll when things are going good. But as soon as you need to add to your roster and don't have the ability to because you've brought in players XYZ who are all making 15M+ per year and your arb salaries are continuing to rise you're in trouble. Maxing out payroll in 2020 will provide a massive hurdle in 2024 or whenever our arb guys start making real money. I know most fans don't care about that (not you in particular Grant) but there is a lot of chatter on here that they should easily be able to add 70M in salary this year. That's a terrible and irresponsible way to operate in my opinion.
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Yup. They sold their window for a championship. Can't really fault them for that but it definitely wasn't the model of sustainability. Eloy for Quintana Torres for two months of Chapman Soler for a year of Davis Broke the bank for Heyward It's sexy to see your team making splashes and bringing in big names, but it can catch up to you real quick. The Jays don't need to boost payroll by 70M just because they can.
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That's the first time I've really cared to look, but Vlad has absolutely changed his body. Still probably sucks at third but at least he doesn't look like Pablo anymore. -
Lol how does that guy continue to get jobs? Anyone with veterans to sell will be calling PHI pronto
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Justin Turner on a two year deal would make me very happy. I would rather go that route and add a couple bullpen arms and a starter than sign Realmuto to a five year contract. The Jays have the ability to spend, but that doesn’t mean they have to this off-season. If they miss out on Springer/Bauer/DJLM then address the roster by making more moderate splashes and bolster the floor of this team. Lock up one of Biggio/Bo/Vlad. I think that’s just as important to the long term viability of the team. If you max out payroll now by paying Lindor and Realmuto 50M/year for the next five years things could end up looking like the Cubs real quick.
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The Rockies could literally hire half of BJMB and be better off than they are now
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Seager and Kepler Solak and Antone
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I guess the Reds don't really need outfielders as they have like six on their roster but point being is that Gurriel's contract makes him a valuable chip that should be cashed in also on someone with control. If you can move a corner OF to shore up other areas of need then pull the trigger. Every year there are a bunch of guys available on short contracts to plug into LF. This year there are guys like Schwarber, Rosario, Pederson, Grossman or even Brantley who could all be had relatively cheap or short term.
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Sonny Gray is the kind of guy you move Lourdes for. Gurriel’s contract makes him such a valuable trade piece and I don’t trust that he’s a ~130 wRC+ bat in LF.
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If Danny Jansen is traded you need a player with years of control coming back. Throwing him away for a one year rental is a gross thought. Marquez, Darvish, Musgrove, Gray or someone like that. Jansen + Manoah is a pretty good package
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Yes, I think they should be. There is zero downside for either the player or the org. Very few will ultimately revitalize their careers, but if you are able to churn out one new decent reliever each year it would be worth it. I think the Reds will be interesting to watch over the next couple of years with Kyle Boddy as their pitching coordinator.
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Football/Basketball clearly dominate because they can provide an atmosphere that baseball can't. Faster pace, loud music, closed stadiums, lots of beer. This environment will drag the 18 year old freshman or the 24 year old super senior out because it's a part of the university experience. College baseball - nine innings, sit in your seat, no break in the action, it's probably cold or raining in like 50% of the country. Baseball isn't going to have a revolution and needs to embrace itself like Laika said.
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Most kids would and do ask for extra resources and help from their organizations. Most are dedicated to their career. Most wouldn’t let themselves show up to camp fifty pounds overweight. Vlad did whatever he wanted because he knew they were never going to send him down. He’s a competitor and it took him failing horribly to realize he needed to make a change.
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Realmuto would be my number one target and trade Danny Jansen. Get two birds stoned at once.
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I think the entire league would've liked to sign Morton at 1/15M.
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Yikes
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Can we please stop the discussion of a vaccine. It has been outlawed. Thanks.
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I guess I'm just echoing BTS, but I don't think they will operate the Jays in the same way they had to operate the Indians. The Jays have showed a willingness to spend when the time is right.
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Lindor Kelenic, Vaughn, Carlson
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CD, what kind of opportunities has Shapiro had to make an impact move at the deadline to bolster a playoff team? You're speculating that he won't. I'd be shocked if the Jays were leading the AL East in 2021 and he didn't make that sort of move.
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I imagine he'll be back in TB on a one year deal. Atlanta would be a good fit and definitely a more exciting team than the Rays.
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People aren't talking about Morton because he's expressed a desire to stay in or close to his home in Florida. There was thought that he may retire this year. He's not coming to Canada and he's definitely not playing in Buffalo.
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Congrats Boxy!!!
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Baseball does not have an advantage when it comes to number of scholarships. D1 baseball teams have less than 12 scholarships to hand out. Football is fully or nearly 1:1 scholarships per player and basketball isn't far behind that ratio. Why then would a black kid who understands that he needs a scholarship to go to university pursue baseball over football or basketball? This massive gap in scholarships likely leads to more black kids playing basketball or football in university, not because it isn't fun. Baseball will never have the demand of football or basketball at the national level, NCAA or professionally. The reality is D1 schools are reliant on football and basketball while baseball is closer to soccer in priority. An increase in scholarship allowance isn't going to just magically appear and without it baseball is never going to get kids to turn away from the NBA or the NFL.
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When is enough black people in baseball enough? Why is this seen as a problem in the MLB but not in other leagues? The MLB is consistently ~40% people of colour.
