Holy s*** what did I miss? Taking the baby to the doctor and helping my parents stage their house and couldn't watch this one at all. 2 studly innings from Hoffman. I assume some early game aneurysms from the peeps in this thread? Another Vladdy error of course... Fun game or just a deep breath and glad it's over kinda win?
I don't think Bo would, or should, get 300mil in free agency necessarily. But given the way contracts are going these days and given the contract the Jays just gave Vladdy, his side is probably asking for 300mil at least if he is to avoid free agency altogether.
I'd love to get him for the Adames deal. But does anyone think there's a chance he signs an extension that feels comfortable for anyone? Imagine a contract you'd be ok with and tack on 100mil sounds more like it
Not sure Tucker would come here but would you rather give Bo 300mil or give Tucker 400-450mill?
And Nimmala is still a ways away, but does having him in the system make you less willing to give Bo a really long term deal? The range of outcomes for Nimmala seems quite large.
Gahd damn it. Don't like this at all.
He will be the most hated player on the team for a long time if he isn't an absolute stud every year.
I hope I'm exaggerating but this feels like potentially the worst baseball contract ever
Also
Kirk, 26 years old, projects for 4 WAR, gets $58mil.
Vladdy, 26 years old, projects for 4.8 WAR, apparently deserves $500mil.
Hm... I don't think Kirky is likely to put up any 6 WAR seasons, but still cmon...
https://www.mlb.com/news/seiya-suzuki-slices-baseballs-with-a-samurai-sword?partnerID=mlbapp-android_article-share
Batting practice with a sword. Looks fun :)
Hopefully way more than cromulent. Ideally he puts up a monster season, propels the Jays to the playoffs and they win at least a couple games. Or he puts up a monster season, the Jays suck otherwise and he gets traded at the deadline for the best prospect/ prospects they can get.
I don't want him back for any contract he's likely to get. It's not like a mediocre season is going to bring his price down to something palatable. I don't think he's worth the $340mil they already offered him let alone $400mil or more. I think he's probably the next Ryan Howard, Fielder, Miggy, Pujols, etc. Let someone else pay for that
Man, am I old? I'm usually pro fun, bat flips, fist pumps, or whatever. But something about this has me rooting for him to blow out both hamstrings doing that...