glory
-
Posts
14,778 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
4
Content Type
Profiles
Toronto Blue Jays Videos
2026 Toronto Blue Jays Top Prospects Ranking
Toronto Blue Jays Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits
Guides & Resources
2025 Toronto Blue Jays Draft Pick Tracker
News
2026 Toronto Blue Jays Draft Pick Tracker
Forums
Blogs
Events
Store
Downloads
Gallery
Everything posted by glory
-
Blue Jays front runner to sign Yoshitomo Tsutsugo
glory replied to Angrioter's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Atkins regime has been good at two things, drafting and international signings. If this happens, I won’t have a lot of expectations, but will give it the benefit of doubt. -
With that said, never doubt the Rays. Renfroe will probably have a higher WAR than Pham in 2020 just by wearing a Rays uniform when he plays baseball, and Edwards is already holding his own in A+ at age 20 with a great BB/K rate at every level plus speed (no power at all though).
-
If Atkins is being sincere in the below blurb, then I doubt he's looking at Marte.
-
-
Damn Pineda would have been a great signing on a two year deal. Lindblom or bust.
-
-
Definitely over.
-
Heyman has a rep as a puppet for Boras so probably just noise but it’s something.
-
The White Sox, Reds, and Twins are all looking to spend on SP's, and that doesn't include the bigger market teams like the Yankees and Dodgers who might swoop in. There will be a lot of competition for the upper/middle market arms.
-
Wheeler apparently had a higher offer from the White Sox but went with Philly because of location. The Jays are not an ideal location for players, and it’s a bad team in the AL East. Atkins is going to have to give out a contract that he will feel uncomfortable with and exceeds the value the club has placed on that specific player. He might do that on a short term deal, but remains to be seen if he’s willing to tack on an extra year or so to get a player that may be diminishing returns by the backend of the contract. If you look at the big free agents the Jays have signed in the last 15 years, almost all of them were dead money by the last year or two of their deals except Burnett who opted out after 3 years. Ryan, Thomas, Martin, Morales. I don’t think shatkins wants to sign that type of deal.
-
I wasn't expecting the Jays to sign Wheeler anyway, but if it's anywhere near $120m over five years, then I'm not holding my breath on the Jays doing anything significant. The other thread is selling me on Lindbolm so maybe that's a good thing.
-
-
-
Never get your hopes up with anything Trollosi posts. He's the embodiment of click bait. Rosenthal mentioned Lindblom, so the interest there is likely legit. Seems more of a realistic target than some of the bigger names.
-
AJ, BJ, Glaus, Overbay, and Molina. I was really excited for that season.
-
The rest of the league handles minute distribution and player minutes in general very carefully. Nick Nurse on the other hand just plays everyone he likes 40 minutes a night, even players in their 30's playing their first game in weeks. He's probably done managing loads after last season.
-
James Paxton who they didn't sign and Jake Marisnick.
-
-
The two names mentioned are Lowrie (1/10 remaining) and Familia (2/23). Clearly if the Jays were to take back a bad contract, Lowrie would be the ideal one. If you think Dominic Smith's 2019 is sustainable, and you can get him for nothing except taking back $10M in dead money, it's worth looking into.
-
Ideally you get those two plus one of the FA arms that have been discussed before (Keuchel, Pineda, etc), but I can see why both might be overkill. Gausman isn't a difference maker and Walker hasn't pitched in 2 years, so there is a lot of uncertainty there to add to the injury risks associated with Shoemaker/Borucki. Gausman might make more sense for that reason (more likely to eat up better than league average innings and previous success in the AL East) than Walker, though Gausman's market might be busier for that reason as well, so Walker is probably a more likely/realistic sign.
-
I'd look to sign both Gausman and Walker.
-
-
Might be time to cut service time to 5 years and make a player arb eligible after year 2. Being arb3 is pretty much a bad thing now unless you're really good. Being good/average (1-2 WAR) is not good enough anymore.
-
Taijaun Walker would be an interesting signing. Had TJS in April 2018 so he should be ready to begin the season in 2020 (24 months post surgery by then). Only 27. Shaw is another potential target. He would have 2 years of control (he was arb2) even if he's signed to a one year deal, plus has the versatility that Atkins claimed he wanted out of first base.
-
I hope Drury and the Jays actually go to an arbitration hearing. Might as well make this BS entertaining.