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They are massive. I was distracted from the closet full of useless s*** multiple times. -
I don't see anything about that here - https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/player/_/id/21735/cody-bellinger But he does have a player opt-out after 2025, with a $5M buyout. Looks like the Cubs are covering the buyout and the Yanks may just get him for 1 year $27M if he rebounds...
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2024)
Brownie19 replied to Ryu In My House's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Tend to agree. The most optimistic thing for Kirk is that he should be entering his prime as he heads into his age 26 season and in his 4th full season catching at the ML level, he should be past the "play defense first" stage and able to focus on offense more. There should still be optimism in his bat moving forward. -
Passan's says it's only $5M. ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports the Yankees are acquiring first baseman Cody Bellinger from the Cubs for right-hander Cody Poteet. ESPN’s Jesse Rogers adds that New York is absorbing all but $5 million of the $52.5 million left on the final two years of Bellinger’s existing deal, which also includes an opt-out following the 2025 season.
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It really is - 100% salary dump. Interesting the Yanks want him for 2 years $50M +/- instead of paying Teo to the 3 year $75M deal (that our stupid GM won't offer him). All while the Cubs see him having absolutely no value (or negative value) at 2 years $50M. As sad as it is, I think there's a possibility the Jays ought to have given the Cubs "a little" more to get Bellinger. His ceiling may still be higher than Teo (it's certainly higher than Santander) and I just don't think anyone else is going to take our money...
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I have. I was on Season 4, E8 of Storage Wars. I outbid that rat bastard Dave Hester and ended up with a generator, 3 new sets of pots and pans and a golf cart. I cleared about $1,200.
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2024)
Brownie19 replied to Ryu In My House's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Even with Bregman and Teo/Santander, I doubt we're serious contenders. No bullpen still and in all likelihood, either Bregman or Teo/Santander will disappoint in their 1st year here. You see players struggle to adjust to new homes quite commonly. I mean they could contend of course, but it would probably take most things falling into place for that to happen. -
General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2024)
Brownie19 replied to Ryu In My House's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Weren't you hoping we signed Soler last offseason? -
Here's an idea, instead of trying to insult me, why not explain to my why I'm wrong? I look at the actions. Nobody wanted to sign him long term last year and if these reports are true (which they probably aren't), nobody has given into his seemingly reasonable request of 3 years / $75M this year. Why is that? Are all these GM's stupid?
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https://thescore.com/mlb/news/3161794 Interesting as article on pitching injuries.
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What the f*** at your talking about? We were "in" on the Soto and Ohtani deals. That's been widely reported. However, at some point, the $$/duration exceeded the team's valuation and they decided not to up their offer. We have no idea what they were authorized to offer, or if it was Atkins or Rogers who approved the limit. The reality is there are a lot of factors that aren't in our favor when it comes to free agents choosing Toronto. Some have been caused by this FO, while others haven't. The fact we're in Canada remains a major concern for some.
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2024)
Brownie19 replied to Ryu In My House's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I'd love to see the Jays find a way to improve the baserunning. It's an underrated way to improve the offense overall. You look at teams like the Brewers last year. 10th in wRC+ 16th in HRs 1st in BsR 2nd in SBs and they finish 6th in runs scored Even a team like Cincy 26th in wRC+ 2nd in BsR 3rd in SBs and they finish 16th in runs scored The past 2 years, the Jays have been 8th and 13th in wRC+, yet 14th and 23rd in runs scored. We've been 27th overall in BsR in each of those seasons. I really hope a guy like Gimenez can have a big impact with his legs and start to right the ship. Baserunning adds a ton of excitement to the fan experience too. -
No way - just be irrationally angry out stupid GM hasn't signed him yet. That's what real fans do.
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Paying players for what they "have done" is the kiss of death. They all do what they can to evaluate future performance. It seems clear that teams share a concern over how much longer Teo will perform at these levels.
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That is a great question - why is he unsigned still? And why didn't anyone commit to him for 3 years last offseason? Guys can't s*** all over our GM all they want, but if this report is true (it's probably not - not sure why we believe any report we hear), then it would certainly appear that several teams remain concerned about something with Teo...
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2024)
Brownie19 replied to Ryu In My House's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
That is actually great news... -
The Packers game was a thing of beauty last night. Team is rollin'
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There's no way those new tickets/suites behind home plate aren't almost all corporate tickets. Up until those new seats were built, I would have agreed with you.
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Tucker feels like a player who won't get paid anywhere near what Soto or even Vlad will get, yet he will likely outperform Vlad most years - making him better value. As noted, his age will play a factor in why he wont get paid as much.
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3 years of Parades, Cam Smith and an arm seems like a pretty good return for 1 year of Tucker.
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Bohm yes, Castellanos is f***ing terrible, so no. Bohm's statcast page is pretty rosey. Getting him for the right cost would be a good way to fill 3rd.
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I'm always amazed that someone is paying Jeff Blair to talk.
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Almost all of those club seats, boxes, etc. - even most season ticket holders are either corporations/businesses who use them for client schmoozing or staff perks, or scalpers who are trying to make money off them. Winning helps scalpers, but it doesn't impact the corporations as much (just look at the Leafs for example). And for the most part - just being somewhat competitive is enough. Teams that win I don't know, 78-84 games a year give the allusion of competitiveness that is enough to fool most casuals. You just need to be "in the playoff hunt" in late August +/- People aren't "f***ing idiots" for not judging the Jays current roster situation before buying these tickets and the Jays can't just cater to the diehard baseball fans - that would be a moronic way to run a business.
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BINGO. And there is a possibility Rogers has interfered to some extent, giving direction to keep butts in seats to justify the renos...
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AA exposed a massive loophole in the CBA (kudos to him), which allowed him to restock the farm system much faster than teams can today - that was one of the reasons I was a big fan of his. But even with all those extra draft picks, very few were good. Here's the list of his 1st round picks Deck McGuire, Aaron Sanchez, Syndergaard, Wojciechowski, Beede (couldn't sign), Jacob Anderson, Joe Musgrove, Dwight Smith Jr, Kevin Comer, DJ Davis, Stroman, Matt Smoral, Mitch Nay, Tyler Gonzales, Phil Bickford (couldn't sign), Jeff Hoffman, Max Pentecost, Jon Harris AA had 18 first round picks (including comps) over 6 drafts, which is insane! (I guess 16 if he signed everyone). Under the new rules, Atkins has had 1 each year, except in 2017, when we had 2. Just think about how good we could have been if AA would have drafted/developed 3 or 4 more studs with all those darts. Taking advantage of the rules in place, he had the PERFECT opportunity to create waves to talent and a sustainable winner. Nobody has been very good at it in Toronto for a very long time.
