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  1. John_Havok
    They can, but dumping the salary would greatly negate the return. Plus, all the teams looking at pen upgrades found their guys elsewhere. There's only so many destinations. Jays would have to have eaten a fairly large chunk of his salary to get a good return, which pretty much negates the point of the salary dump. Having him around for another season is far from being a problem.
  2. John_Havok
    At anyone's best guess... yes. We didn't really know that for sure. Given today's trades I would be floored if they weren't under it comfortably now.
  3. John_Havok
    He's not a corpse, which is about all Richards was going to land, so that's as plus as it gets really.
  4. John_Havok
    can't really hate the deadline deals. All the expiring contracts are gone, intriguing prospects actually acquired. I can see some thinking a Green deal would have been welcome, I can see that argument. Money involved probably sunk that. The fact they even got a warm body for Richards is kind of amazing. Figured they might get their Coke machine stocked at best.
  5. John_Havok
    They also picked up Flaherty from the Tigers. Dodgers going balls out at the deadline
  6. John_Havok
    Very solid return. Probably as close to best case scenario as possible for the Jays on the IKF signing.
  7. John_Havok
    I think it's just something that has to be accepted that jo matter what extension he sighs for (if he's signed) it will be a "bad" extension from a purely on-field performance standpoint unless he's virtually MVP calibre or close to. Vlads worth to the Jays off the field though is also something they just also have to consider. Vlad is worth more to the Jays than to any other team when it comes to the off-field stuff. It will factor in
  8. John_Havok
    Yeah but you don't sell for the sake of selling. Only if you're get more than you expect.
  9. John_Havok
    Richards and KK sure... but neither of them are overly attractive at the moment as trade targets. Bassitt... no. you still need a rotation next year - if you get blown away ... sure. But you don't move him for money savings. IKF.... i could go either way there. If it's needed to get under the luxury tax, yes. Same with Green.
  10. John_Havok
    You passed up getting your TimBits vanilla dipped.
  11. John_Havok
    I know I'm not the only one wondering this.... What kind of donut?
  12. John_Havok
    Gotta think Soto is going to be in that 13 year 45-50 per year range. Also guessing the contract has opt outs and has a fair chunk of it deferred until 2050 or some s***. Like, they could sign both Vlad and Soto to 13 year deals, but heavily front load for the first 4 years or something with big chunks deferred, then include an opt out after 4 years or something (age 30) with the actual dollars per year after that opt out being 30-35 million or something. At least that way you get them both for their best prime seasons, they get their high AAV asks, buit only actually pay them the biggest part of their salary later on spread out, and hope they opt out at 30.
  13. John_Havok
    i fully support this Orioles move.
  14. John_Havok
    I really think the Jays will go balls out this winter. Being the bridesmaid on Ohtani might have been the kick in the nuts they need to actually outbid others for Soto. If they get Soto, then attracting a top end starter becomes easier, same for the higher end pen guys
  15. John_Havok
    This. As much as the system has been improved woth these trades, there's still no elite guys. Not that there should have been any expectations to land one from the guys they're trading.
  16. John_Havok
    It's almost like there's no right path for the Jays with Vlad. Trading him would be monumentally stupid, but signing him to a top 3 in baseball AAV would also be monumentally stupid.
  17. John_Havok
    Even just looking at his last 13 games....8 HR, 6 BB, only 5 Ks
  18. John_Havok
    No.
  19. John_Havok
    Yeah, grabbing Burnes and Kikuchi again in the offseason would make for a solid rotation Burnes, Gausman, Berrios, Bassitt and Kikuchi. Then you can afford to let all the guys who are close to marinate in AAA and come up to fill in any injury issues. Bowden Francis would probably be the defacto long man who gets the first crack at it, but to have multiple guys who can actually come up and make 2-5 starts if needed is something the Jays have been missing though thankfully not really needing either given the relative health of the rotation.
  20. John_Havok
    The plus side of Vlads D is scooping at 1b. He's apparently the cream of yhe crop there. However. To wet blanket that, I belive Tango said when he stopped by that elite level scooping would be worth around ~3 runs per season above average. Doesn't move the needle much
  21. John_Havok
    More like extend Vlad Sign Soto Sign Burnes Sign capable backup catcher. Figure out spots 3-8 in the pen Get at least 1 thumper off the bench that's not totally useless in the field. Rest of the bench is fine with what they have. Clement, Schneider, pick a backup CF from all the guys theyve just acquired, and the backup catcher they sign. Bench done. Decent amount of depth at AAA from the trade targets to fill in for Bo's year long calf injuries. Probably need another SP though. As far as the pen....Romano and Green (assuming no trade of the latter) are really the only guys I'd have any real faith in out of the gate. Swanson might pitch himself back into the circle of trust ...remains to be seen. Little I think is a capable arm, might surprise and be more than just a 2nd lefty, but not quite there yet. Cabrera is nasty and inconsistent. They've got a lot of "bottom 3" delivers, they definitely need a high leverage addition and at last 1 or 2 more mid-to high to shake out from the system or other pickups But mostly they need Bo and Vlad to be great all season long
  22. John_Havok
    I'm sure they're working on it, his injury is definitely a hindrance.
  23. John_Havok
    Looks there is some cash going to Seattle. It's been reported a couple of times now since the original. We just don't know how much.
  24. John_Havok
    Not quite that severe. Teams that receive revenue-sharing payouts can't receive a lottery pick for more than two years in a row and those that don't can't get a top-six choice in consecutive Drafts. Furthermore, a club that's ineligible for the lottery can't select higher than 10th overall.
  25. John_Havok
    The fact they were able to get a team to take all of Turner's remaining salary IS the silver lining.
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