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  1. Yeah he wants the big money deal that his 2019 season would have warranted, so it makes more sense to take the high AAV for one year, and try again next season when teams should have more money to spend and he might be coming off a better season.
  2. Springer (w/ signing bonus), Ray, Yates, Chatwood, and Semien comes out to $66.5m added in 2021, not counting incentives. They'll likely want to save some payroll for mid season moves as well. I'm not expecting much more. Maybe one SP (Paxton fits the Semien/Yates/Ray mold of buy low one year deals) and then some smaller depth moves.
  3. Fisher is out of options, while it looks like Davis still has 1 option left. So my guess is Fisher is gone eventually.
  4. Alpha Atkins has played free agency beautifully so far. One year deals on high upside players coming off down years (Semien, Yates, Ray) and one major impact deal (Springer). The farm system has remained in tact so far, and slowly but surely the 40 man roster is starting to lose clutter. The team still needs at least one, but hopefully two SP's, and still arms out there to choose from.
  5. Baerga mentioned 2B in his IG post, and Rosenthal just mentioned it as well. Looks like Semien at 2B and Biggio as the regular 3B (but I'm sure he'll be playing everywhere). On a one year deal, this is a really nice move. He may not come close to 2019 again, but since it's only a year, there's very little risk involved. He should still be good for a 2-3 WAR I would think, but with potential for lot better.
  6. It's confirmed by Passan and Heyman. Wow, nice move.
  7. Semien on a 1 year deal would be great.
  8. If Tanaka is out and Bauer is not likely, then it’s down to Odorizzi and/or Paxton. My guess is the Jays would go with Odorizzi if given the choice (less of an injury risk + they were in on him last winter) but both have downsides.
  9. From MLBTR: I don't know if the players disagree with any of those things as much as they want more in return for them.
  10. Agreed. Not a fan of long extra inning games. It shouldn’t be a rule in the playoffs but in the regular season I have no issues with it.
  11. Knowing how MLB works, they'll agree to expanded playoffs and a universal DH on March 27. It's ridiculous that they are using the DH as a bargaining chip. At least expanded playoffs would involve some type of revenue split, so that makes sense as a bargaining tool (as annoying as that is for fans) but the DH seems like a really arbitrary thing to postpone.
  12. Dodgers apparently have a 2 year offer out there, but Turner wants more years. Jays would have to go 3-4 years, and at age 36 that seems like a bad idea. Didi on a two year deal might be the the better play.
  13. If MLB actually wants to start the season on time (debatable), then moving the teams in the Cactus League to another makeshift ST site is probably doable (Texas, Florida, etc). Not ideal, but doable. It's imperative that they actually play exhibition games though since you can't expect pitchers to be ready for a 162 game season without a proper ST. The owners would clearly prefer a delayed season, but players want 162, and I don't think Manfred can do anything about it this season.
  14. The Yankees clearing salary room like the small market team that they are.
  15. There is literally only one knock on Tanaka, and it's the partial UCL tear. He checks every other box for the Jays. Dependable, can pitch in the AL East, can be in a playoff rotation, etc. The issue with the non Bauer FA market is that it's riddled with risk, whether it's injury, performance, or both. If Tanaka can be had on a 1-2 year deal, then I don't see any other non Bauer options that look any better/less risky.
  16. That's what I meant, he'd never give a player (alone) the ability to opt out. I'm sure Shapiro would be open to a mutual option, since both parties can opt out of a deal, but those are pointless as they are basically designed to not be picked up.
  17. Shapiro has said he'd never give a player an opt out, so I doubt that would be an option with Bauer or anyone.
  18. Jays players, and baseball players in general, seem to be more active on Instagram than Twitter.
  19. As a point of reference regarding the signing bonus, here is how they did Grichuk's contract (which had a $5m bonus): 5 years/$52M (2019-23) $5M signing bonus, paid in $1M installments on 7/1/19, 10/1/19, 4/1/20, 7/1/20 and 4/1/21 19:$7M, 20:$12M, 21-23:$9,333,333 annually
  20. Bauer can do it all.
  21. Hard to say without knowing what it would cost, but at face value, Bauer would be the better way to go. Younger, healthier, more upside. You'd feel pretty good going into a playoff series with Ryu-Bauer-Pearson. However, if Bauer is not an option for whatever reason, then Paxton + Tanaka would be a solid fallback, especially if both are on one year deals (would minimize risk for the Jays tremendously).
  22. Didi at 3B would be great, but I'm not moving Bo off SS for anyone that is available in free agency right now. If Didi would be willing to move to 3B (or 2B) full time, then he's a nice fit.
  23. Agreed, Brantley was more of a luxury signing, not a necessity. Would have been awesome to have him in the lineup, but he wasn't filling a need.
  24. Hazel is now officially the spokesperson for the "Source: Trust me bro" meme.
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