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I don't even think Atkins knows where this team is going. Jays probably have the worst farm system in the majors now, very easily bottom 3. I guess it's going to be a half ass try to win now, oh well.

I can't see the Jays being good anytime soon, they have the worst contract in baseball and one of the weakest farm systems in all of MLB. They will be mediocre, that is a guarantee, with a 270m payroll. Jays actually need a complete tear down but this is not the year to sell considering the returns and Jays don't even want to sell Varland. So they will linger in mediocrity until the shine of making it to the WS fades in a couple of years.

Ya but they can do a retool and be a 270M mediocre team for next year, think about that. I wonder how many years until they admit they need a rebuild?

Ya, we had to realistically expect this to be something like an 8/500m year deal, we figured at age 33/34 he was going to hit replacement level or negative war. So Vlad has to be amazing every year to be worth 62.5m a year. It was just a really really bad contract from the get go, and management is lucky they are pushing a 290m payroll. The last 7-8 years of this are going to be utterly terrible. I mean Vladdy most likely comes back to a 3-4 war player (we hope) next year. We all realistically expected this decline to happen around 30, the fact it's happening now and he's not giving the team 6-7 WAR in his peak years means he will have to be that much better later on which is most likely not happening.

lol don’t they have like 6-7 top 100 prospects already?

Great deal for Astros, not too long either. Thought he’d get more.

Mariners traded a top 50 prospect for who?? lol they could have easily signed 10+ relievers without giving that up.

That's exactly what they need. They sign a reliever or trade for one at some point.

Wish there was a way to unload Santander and just sign BO + Cease, such a bad signing last year and some people liked it.

The Jays are all in now anyways. They will probably have to go over the luxury tax. They need BO + Cease + RP. Yanks will make moves to get better + Red Sox have impactful prospects and are young and getting better. Jays could fall to third depending on what they do here.

Is there a reason why Schneider didn’t pitch hit for Giminez?

Especially when you pull Bichette too and need that bat

Terrible managing

Barger should have been hitting there, there was no point to pulling him

You don't want the band-aid pulled off already instead of floating at .500 and doing nothing? I mean, it was so predictable the way things are going this year. Aren't we ready for the tear down? Middle of the pack with a high payroll, worst farm system, bad contracts, and no budget room is not exactly a good situation lol.