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Should be a good series. Won't be as easy as some Leafs fans thought. Florida will definitely put up a fight and we saw that tonight.

Can Kris Bryant still play third base? Wonder if the Rockies would eat a majority left on his contract.

Chapman likely gets $200M given how weak the 3B market is. Semien's contract is a great comparable though.

The Rockies organization is a clown show. Ryan McMahon at $11.7M is pretty darn good. If he could be a 3-4 WAR player, would be a great trade target during the offseason.

He's favourite for AL ROY at 4.50 in Vegas. But yeah still a big gamble IMO.

This was hilarious!

Vladdy - 1 Point - Bichette - 1 Point - Chapman - 1 Point - Varsho - 2 Points - Springer - 2 Points - Kirk - 3 Points - Jansen - 3 Points - Kiermaier - 4 Points - JaysBlue Merrifield - 5 Points - JaysAllMighty Off the bench: 10 Points -

His tenure with the Angels has been a disaster. Hasn't even had a full season with them.

Yeah don't see the Cardinals trading off everyone even if they underachieve this season, so definitely a huge long shot they move Arenado. Would take him off the list. Angels would have to eat majority of the contract. 3 years/$114M left on his contract after the 2023 season. He also has a full no trade clause, but could waive it likely if the Angels are terrible in 2024. Josh Rojas wouldn't be a bad option if Arizona is open to trading him. Nothing sexy, but he could be solid at the hot corner.

Josh Rojas wouldn't be a bad trade option if Arizona would move him. Nothing special with the bat, but is left-handed and plays solid defense. So far has posted a 0.8 WAR this season. Might be able to get a 3 WAR season out of him.

Panthers paying 2.70 to win the series.

Some 3B trade candidates next offseason I could think of: - Yoán Moncada: White Sox might blow things up and Burger has been really good with the bat. - Anthony Rendon: Angels would need to eat some salary and if they decide to sell off given Ohtani walking as a FA. - Nolan Arenado: very slim chances he gets moved unless the Cardinals really disappoint this season. - J.D. Davis: if he becomes too expensive for San Fran after and if David Villar hits well, he might be shopped. Maybe Moncada is the most likely guy who could be traded. Otherwise, the other three are complete long shots.

If I bet during this series, would bet the Panthers every game given their odds.

They might have to get creative next offseason and look towards the trade route when it comes to third base. Any possible 3B trade candidates? I love Chapman but if he puts together a 5-6 WAR season, he might get close to Austin Riley money, considering Boras is his agent and he's literally the only reliable FA option at 3B. Not sure I would want the Jays to be on the hook for that type of contract. Brandon Belt is like this years Tapia. The Jays can't afford to give him 400 ABs if he continues to struggle this heavily. Need to either cut bait by the end of May if he still is struggling and look for an improvement via the trade market if possible.

Yeah I said this last season as well. You have guys like Vladdy and Bo still under control, you need to at least get to a World Series with them here. If you can't get to a World Series with those guys under club control, then it's an epic fail. Also, you have Gausman pitching at his best and other players in their prime. These next three seasons are definitely the best window for this Jays team to win a World Series or at least get to one.

Yeah was going to say the same thing. I remember after they finally beat New Jersey in R2 that season, Carolina was going to be an easy team to beat in R3 and Leafs should go onto play Detroit in the Stanley Cup. If Panthers beat the Leafs, which is possible, I think it will be in 7 games.

George Knox and Joseph Gordan Levitt.

Yeah the 9M against the luxury tax does hurt if it prevents the Jays from adding a key piece or two at the trade deadline.

An American team likely signs Belt for $6-7 million. Toronto had to pay $9.3M.

The Sheriff has just entered the building haha.

Bellinger was also 27-years-old versus Belt who is 35. Also, Bellinger at least could provide some value in CF with his glove, whereas Belt pretty much just offers a bat. So I could understand why there was a lot more competition for Bellinger amongst teams, especially since he was an NL MVP in 2019. As much as I liked Bellinger as a FA on a one-year contract, he likely would have cost the Blue Jays $20M. Right now, it's looking like he'll be worth it, but at the same time it could have went the other way. Also, no Varsho long term and Kiermier if Bellinger is brought in.

I wouldn't take the Panthers lightly. Leafs yes are a much better team, but the Panthers just came back from beating the best team in the NHL down 3 games to 1. My prediction: Leafs in 6.

I had no problem with the Belt signing at the time as a part-time 1B/DH. So far it hasn't worked out, but let's just hope that $9M is available if need be at the trade deadline if the Jays need to make an acquisition. You weren't going to sign Bellinger or Gallo like Laika said unless they were guaranteed playing time as a full-time player. Also, means Varsho trade or Kiermier signing doesn't happen. Plus, Bellinger was going to cost almost double and probably came with more risk based on how bad he was the previous couple of seasons. The going rate for veteran platoon 1B/DH type bats last offseason does show the Blue Jays paid fair value for Belt. Maybe an extra $1-2 million more to lure him to sign with Toronto, which is what sometimes needs to happen. So someone like Bellinger might have cost $20M instead of $17.5M. I still give Belt some leash but not much more. Jays can't afford to waste a lot of ABs on him if he shows no signs of turning it around. Hopefully the FO does try to resolve the issue sooner than later because in the past I found they went with guys for too long.

Yankees have an awful bullpen haha.

Chris Sale looks like he has turned it around his last couple of starts. But yeah, their starting rotation isn't anything to get excited about.