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Indeed. Would be nice to stash him away on the 40 man/IL if we could.

Someone just asked were Mookie is going to play in 2025...the answer is SS. Dodgers general manager Brandon Gomes told reporters at the Winter Meetings that Mookie Betts is preparing to play shortstop next season. Gomes, who added that recently-extended Tommy Edman will play center field next year, told reporters last month that plan was for Betts to move back to the infield next season and we now have confirmation that he’ll be Los Angeles’ starting shortstop heading into the 2025 campaign.

You know full well it is. And I mean - it's probably true because a couple of recent ex-blue jays mentioned it and we all know Ross is keeping Yarbrough and Dillon Tate 100% up to speed on everything he's been doing.

Why didn't Ross talk to anyone else but Soto before today? f*** me!

I think it could be something like Minter, Soroka and then someone out of the LeClerc, Kittredge, Joe Kelly range. I guess Giovanny Gallegos is dead now eh? He'd be an interesting flyer if he's healthy now and perhaps spent the offseason at Driveline or something to regain velo. Give the rest of our budget to SP's or bats. Take your chances that someone jumps up and grabs the closer role by the balls.

Again - it's all based on probabilities. Rangers got Yates for like $4M last year and he got Cy Young votes. There was probably a 2%-5% chance he put up the numbers he did last year. Probably a 70% chance he broke down and got hurt. That very well may be the same probabilities for Romano this year. Would you want him for $7.75M for that probability? The Jays may assess that probability, decide that's not worth the risk and determine they either a) want to pay a bit more for higher probability, or take a chance on someone cheaper for the same, or slightly worse probability. If Romano goes on to save 45 games and is a stud this year, you can suggest the Jays assessed that probability incorrectly - and maybe they did, or perhaps they assessed the probability correctly and the Phillies just "hit". Fans will never know the true answer, so their complaints are going to be more hot air. That said, if he pitches well, this certainly is going to come with a s*** ton of bad publicity, whether it's fair or not. AA was lucky because Yates was BALLS for Atlanta, so fans never questioned his decision to let him leave. (and yes, I suspect Romano has a higher chances of success than Yates did last year)

You think it really matters when he's 40? I would think opportunities to win during your prime, far outweigh an extra year at age 41 and a few million. But maybe that's just me.

Perhaps. Lindor is still there too though - and he's building quite a legacy for the Mets himself. You also have to consider the Yanks have won the World Series ONCE in the past 23 years. There's probably something to be said about being part of a Yankees team that puts them back on top of the league - especially if you can be part of an era that brings home multiple championships.

If you're Soto - is picking the Mets over the Yanks the right move? The extra $5M is a cup of coffee for him. Who would you rather play for? I don't think either team is in "great" position to be perennial winners of the next 5 years. Both are built through free agency, neither have a ton of youth or strong farm systems and both are likely to lose several key players via free agency this offseason. Both have deep pockets to hide the mistakes they make via free agency. It will be fascinating to see how this plays out.

Coming off a 1.3 WAR season and some loud statcast numbers? Costs are astronomical. Santander is getting 5 years $125M at this rate.

You think? Dick Allen for sure. I don't think Parker is a HOF player.

Yeah, 1 yr $8.5M is fine. I was talking about a longer extension. Back in 2022/23, we were talking about how he'd really figured it out offensively and was a guy we wanted to get reps at DH when he wasn't catching. I don't think I want Jano for 3 or 4 more years.

I think we're pretty lucky we resisted the urge to extend him. The skills look to be declining. I like Jano, but his time was up IMO.

They should be locking up their young talent with a lot of that money. It will be interesting to see if the new owner opens the pocket book or not. No real sign of it yet. O'Neill is a high risk/high reward signing. Personally, I think the O's should be looking to add consistency - which typically costs more.

I'm not 100% sure the O's aren't currently in a very similar position as they Jays were in 2000-2022. Great young team, no playoff wins. They'll need to continue generating the next wave of talent if they are going to be "what we were promised" and they'll need to break thru in the playoffs at some point. I think it remains to be seen if that happens.

The advanced metrics matter more in predicting future performance...

Unless he starts out good and then tires and has to be shut down like Hicks this year.

Wow. Crazy they are transitioning Holmes to the rotation. Will be fascinating to see how it plays out. I also wonder if the low $$ for Bieber suggests the medicals aren't as rosey as they thought... certainly would have liked that for the Jays.

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Can we just declare this offseason and 2025 a failure and fast forward to the trade deadline? That's probably the next interesting moment in this team's future.

They already have Tyler Fitzgerald, who was their SS last year. Where's he going to play if they sign Kim? LF?

I wonder how much pressure they have to contend this year to increase their chances of keeping Vlad (and to keep their jobs?). I've said since the offseason started that this team should start the rebuild. Look to sign short term vets, give yourself a small probability for a miracle season, but be in a position to sell, sell, sell at the deadline. I still think that's the right approach, but that might have a significant barring on their ability to lock up Vlad. It is insane to think Vlad is likely going to get $500M+ now. I don't trust him (I don't even like him), but I do appreciate the possibility he becomes a f***ing beast over the next 5-6 years. Perhaps it is worth potentially shooting yourself in the foot if it means you can keep Vlad. I don't know.

It was a great game, without the outcome we wanted. 100% better than that first matchup v. Detroit.

It is hard to fathom there's someone else who says more dumb s*** than you do I kid, I kid.

That's fair. If they rebuild, they'll probably cut payroll way down anyway, negating the impacts of an overpaid FA. 3-4 years though - more than that and it gets dicey. Overpaid players will still impact the team though.