That’s fine
I am giving Atkins very little credit yes. I don’t think he has any sort of autonomy and the whole org is a giant collaboration
I don’t think Atkins is the reason the team had some mild success
Vlad was the reason people wanted to play in Toronto. Without him it’s unlikely that the Jays are playing at the top of the FA market
So while yes Atkins did sign these players it wasn’t because of his negotiation skills or players wanting to play for his great young core
Which is the point I was trying to make earlier. While yes Atkins was the GM during these incredible four years, I don’t believe he did anything any other GM couldn’t have in Toronto
Reasons to play in Toronto circa 2020
1) Vlad and Bo - AA regime
2) Rogers willingness to spend - Rogers
3) Brand new state player dev complex - Shapiro
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Okay but not moving past 3/4 of a billion dollars is different than Beeston not doing business with Boras or not permitting contracts longer than 5 years lol
I’ve said this before, but AA had to trade for free agent contracts via prospects to elevate payroll
Atkins got to spend it
Springer, Semien, Ryu, Gausman, Bassitt, Kikuchi
Last four years they’ve ran a top 10 payroll (12th, 11th, 9th, 9th) according to Spotrac
They were also large beneficiaries of expanded playoffs. Two out of those three seasons came as the last playoff team (8th in 2020 lol)
I don’t think what they’ve done is particularly impressive
I can’t handle the Atkins is responsible for the best four seasons of baseball ever for the Toronto Blue Jays narrative when he was gifted Vlad and 250M+ payrolls. I’d rather sit beside Trudeau at a Taylor Swift concert drinking Twisted Teas
This is primed to be the most exciting move of the offseason
Congrats Term on your winning proposal. Really great work
Looking forward to laughing reactions and automatic tweet embedding
At The Letters is decent. Those guys are pretty plugged into the team
Other than that I don’t listen to any Jays pods, and I don’t really think there are that many out there. This place has much Jays knowledge as anywhere else on the internet