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Turns out he wanted an extra 10 million dollars more than he wanted a warm climate?

Yeah, that K rate will get frustrating at times, but even in his worst year last year he was still a league average hitter so even if he can bounce back a little bit 5 to 10% better than league average hitting 7th or 8th with elite defense. I'll take it. If we're talking 2 prospects and Smith is one of them, I would guess the least it could be is Groshans. I'd be fine with that. If it turned out to be Moreno, I'd hate the deal. Also I'm shocked at how many people would be fine with Pearson going and have given up on the kid. He'll get his opportunities to start when injuries hit the rotation this year, and we'll be glad he's still with the Jays.

They aren't eating half his salary and giving him away. Votto is a hyper intelligent hitter. He's made some adjustments and re-invented himself. When he's killing it at the trade deadline and demonstrating elite production for almost 2 seasons in a row his trade value will be a lot higher.

He was 40% better than league average with the bat last year. They aren't eating half his salary and trading him for a nothing prospect. Either you take on all the money for a nothing prospect or they eat half the money and you give up a decent prospect. They aren't in the business of helping other teams win. It's entirely possible that Votto rakes again this year.

He earned his money last year.

The Indians aren't trading Ramirez. They are adding Joc Pedersen and going for it.

I actually felt like we might get him yesterday. Now the Padres are bidding. I don't feel so confident now. He could be waiting so long because he's trying to convince his wife to let him go to Toronto though.

In order to beat the Dodgers you have to become the Dodgers I guess. Maybe Ted is just trying to piss off his sisters. I'm spending a s*** ton on the Jays and there's nothing you two or Mom or anyone can do about it.

In Carlos we trust. I still remain skeptical that this could ever happen, but if by some small miracle we signed Freeman I don't want to hear anyone complaining! It would be epic!

I feel like we should just go sign Schwarber and call it a day. Move Moreno to 3rd when he comes up May 1 and look to the trade deadline to shake things up if we have to.

Josh will mash. I have no doubt, but there's a high likely hood he gets hurt. They should be used to that in Yankee land. IKF is Espinal who runs better, but has a worse bat. He has 2 career FWAR in 392 games.

That was Bob Nightengale speculating. Several reporters have come out and said that is false. Sanchez will stay with the Twins. I feel like we could have traded Grichuk for Donaldson. Donaldson had elite batted ball stats last year. He's a bit scary with the Yanks, but he's a massive injury risk, as is Stanton and Judge.

Players from the Jays can not travel to the US without proof of vaccination. It goes both ways and we can not sign anyone unvaccinated. It could be the reason we opted for Gausman over Ray. I'm pretty sure the rules were implemented in January, but they may known it was coming. I'm pretty sure Sale isn't vaccinated either. I don't really care. I'll take any advantage I can get. I hope Ramirez is vaccinated!

I'd much rather Correa go to the Yankees. He's hurt a lot. His personality and ability to stay on the field, really does fit in with the Yankees.

Familia to the Phillies. Really hope Freeman signs tonight. The Dodgers or Braves please. No to the Yankees!

We needed a starter. I'm not sure who would have been considered better who's left. Greinke maybe, but we got 3 years and his arm clearly has the most upside of what was left. On to the next part of the plan.

I understand what your are saying, but they also traded a guy with 2 years of control. It's not like they traded 5 years for 2 years or anything. I would think they have designs on getting a couple starters. I have no idea what kind of upside their young starters have. They obviously are putting a foot forward trying to compete over the next 2 if everything breaks right. They would benefit from a 7th team making it!

Josh has 21,750,000, 21,750,000 and 16,000,000 or an 8 mil buyout. I would have them take on Grichuk's contract and I'd give a low level prospect. Donaldson xwoba last year was .388. His xwoba in 2015 was .390. His batted ball profile last year was red across the board. He had elite contact stats. His defensive stats fell off a cliff, but those defensive stats can fluctuate wildly. It's entirely possible for those numbers to rebound and he's still an average 3rd baseman. We wouldn't need Donaldson to play 3rd everyday. He can DH quite a bit too. His money falls off in 2 or 3 years depending if we pick up the option so good timing for when we need that money for our young stars. He was a 2.2 win player with a .353 woba and a bad defensive year last year. If he had a .388 woba and wasn't so unlucky with the bat he would have been close to a 4 win player. There's also a strong chance he bounces back defensively. He could very well be a 3 to 4 win player who would be a pretty good hitter to have 6th in your lineup.

Mitch Garver for Isiah Kiner-falefa and Ronny Henriquez. I feel like we should just go trade Grichuk and a low level prospect for Josh Donaldson.

Wow Garver to Texas. Texas keeps adding.

We should, but from a purely baseball perspective if we have all our guys vaccinated the stupid rules give us a fairly substantial competitive advantage.

He's part of the package for Bieber and Ramirez.

Kershaw back to the Dodgers was fairly predictable.

f***...what is Ross Atkins thinking right now. He's not going to sleep for the next 4 days.

I was just going to post that. How many deals do we get tonight?