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Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Joey Votto's replacement

For those thinking we can't beat the Dodgers. Lets take a look at what he may use to gage his decision: Wants to play for winner: LA has some great players and Id say Mookie is elite, and Freddie is very good but we have Bo and Vladdy Id say our rotation and bullpen is Better. Are you saying, We didn’t go far in the play-offs??? well maybe he feels that adding him on our team would be the difference. Also LA didn’t go far in play-offs either. Location is something we cant change, but just for a minute lets consider advantages we may have: to travel from Toronto to Tokyo direct flight is 14 hr 5 min. LA to Tokyo, 12 hr 10 min. He'd spend that extra time waiting in traffic by the LA airport. ** Team travel is not friendly for western teams for example Dodgers traveled 41,700 MILES in 2023 while the Jays flew 31,465 miles. There are advantages. Money, We can spend with the best of them and I believe we can beat any offer that LA throws at him. Traditional teams: Some Japanese players want to play for the Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers etc. but obviously that’s not a big deal to him as he chose the f***in Angels the first time around. The Jays have a huge following as well, and like it or not, having a team supported by an entire country is pretty cool, it may not tip the scales but it is quite unique. Home stadium Not sure but I think he hits better in Toronto than most other places. All the new renos they are doing at Rogers centre the players facilities are rated very high as well. TRAINING FACILITIES. I forgot about that we have the best in the business for training and is only a positive if he looks at this. This is just to show that we do have some advantages and just be thankful that its not us that bowed out. If he is using us to drive the price up so what, Its Ohtani and I love it,. Its scary spending that much but who cares Its Ohtani. WE really do have a chance.

Once Ohtani is signed im all for YamaSOTO next

Yes its been quite a ride for him recently

I think they have since changed it so the player can select what cap he goes in with. Too bad because the Hall would have selected The Jays for halladay. Id take that placque and stick it up BRANDYs ass......Sideways.

lol, but our hitting coach is Guillermo Martinez #18