3-4 WAR is worth like 30M
You have to pay somebody at some point. Signing Soto to give you 7 WAR for 50M isn’t a whole lot different than signing Vlad to give you 3 WAR for 25M
Nope, it is not good. There are no reinforcements coming. I thought Barger actually looked good. Horwitz is Lyle Overbay lite, Orelvis might be okay. Good thing Davis Schneider appeared out of thin air
True, I guess I just meant in a super aggressive way. Hard to say
I didn’t realize either of those about his speed but it doesn’t surprise me. I do think he’s underrated athletically. His baseball IQ is just low and he makes bad decisions
He’s only 25 though. Makes me think he can become better with age as he becomes more mature. And I’ve criticized Vlad for being immature before
The thing with Vladdy is over the course of the next two off seasons who is available via FA to add long term. The obvious answer is Soto but that’s like a 5% shot
Who else would you want to kickstart a rebuild around? Yes Vlad was cheeks last year but he’s rebounded well so far and is on a 3 WAR pace. He’s been a durable so far and I think his athleticism is underrated for as big as he is
Kyle Tucker is also a FA but he will certainly cost more than Vlad
If you’re not going to sign someone to build around you might as well go scorched earth. And there’s no way Atkins survives the entire contract of an extended Vlad, so at some point there will be new hitting dudes around
Whenever Vlad signs his big deal it will be interesting to see how he’s valued. He might get to FA and no team wants to give him more than like 4/80M. Or someone like Preller might give him an Eric Hosmer deal
Oh ya man
There is a contingent here who truly thought the Jays had a chance to creep back towards .500 and playoff contention with this soft spot in the schedule
Instead they continue to get bullied around by any team that isn’t full of AAAA players