Id prefer him to publicly announce his expectations that Price will price himself out of their range. Better yet, that giving him nearly a quarter of a billion dollars probably isn't a good idea.
How are we determining that Alex is still an AVG/RBI/HR guy? I think it's safe to say he's become a lot more analytic during his tenure.
More importantly, I haven't seen or heard anything that would lead me to believe that AA is someone who is difficult to coexist with ala Mike Scioscia.
In regards to Marco and the QO it'll depend on if he thinks he can turn in another year like this. If he doesn't think he can I think the security of a few years and ~30M or so would be appealing. If he's confident in himself taking the QO is a no brainer- putting himself in this position a year from now having proven himself a second time would make buyers a lot less skeptical.
I had the same thought re: Saunders at 1B. Would eliminate Smoak but not sure how passable the D would be. He's athletic enough that it might not be a huge problem for him. Would allow some nice versatility and flexibility keeping Revere around too.
C-Martin
1B-Colabello
2B-Travis
SS-Tulo
3B-Donaldson
LF-Revere/Saunders
CF-Pillar
RF-Bautista
DH-Edwin
2B/SS-Goins
OF-Pompey
OF-Revere/Saunders
C-Thole?
Still need someone to back up at third base though.
Ya he's going to be an interesting guy to watch this offseason in terms of his contract. Heading into his age 35 season and for the last five years prior to this he was a lock for 5+ WAR. I think Zobrist can land a deal around 4/80 with that fourth year being the deciding factor. Lots of teams would be on him at three years, but the fourth probably gets it done.
I think you're the one who needs to use your head. The Jays scored the most runs in baseball. This is not debatable. To think that the best offense in the world could be taking pointers from some internet warrior who thought of this overnight is absurd.
Well you know, Sanchy, he.. he's been a real good arm for us. One of those guys that can just come in and throw strikes. Of course I'm going to go to him in that situation, he's been getting big outs for us all year.
It's not really a problem rolling out three OBP sluggers in a row 2/3/4. It's actually the farthest thing from a problem. You listened to too much Joe Buck the last week.