Carlos Danger

This is for like high school baseball fields and little league etc Maintenance costs for grass were estimated at $23,000 per year, while annual maintenance costs for synthetic turf were estimated at $5,000. https://fieldturf.com/en/articles/detail/turf-vs-grass-cost/

You would have to water and maintain grass almost daily. Herbacide, cutting, and replacing with frequency... The weekly/monthly/yearly recurring costs vs change out the turf every few years probably makes grass more expensive long term and comes with a LOT more frequent recurring costs.

Ok, I though it was just cost. Last I had heard, (while ago) is that a Guelph University study they contracted laid out a plan how they could do it. If not an option, I guess they need to go with the best synthetic and I am glad they are. Kudos to the Jays. The whole topic just makes me want a new stadium up there sooner than later.. Thanks

There are some that think he is actually the best long term out of their current young guns. He is coming off injury and closed out the year well. I don't like paying full sticker price for anything and he is actually the same scenario type pitcher that the Jays targeted in Ray, who was doing s*****, and even Stripling.. Guys they think have upside who can be tweaked fixed.. I would much rather have Kuhl then Roark and a number of others.. It is a relatively low cost with his value lower now / upside move, that coupled with Musgrove would be a nice addition.

Semien and Jackie Bradley Jr is a video game? It is an extremely plausible, doable and realistic move that makes the OVERALL team better. How is that combo ia "video game", when some on here seriously think we will get DJL, Springer, and Bauer...????? Yea, mistype, on JTR.. I must have been sublimely thinking of our old GM.

I was suggesting that the Jays should have put in grass when the Argos left, which was "supposed" to have been the tripwire that allowed grass. The perception has existed, and still exists, among baseball players that the surface in TO is bad on/hard on the body. They put dirt in the IF, but that doesn't help OFs. If you want to play with the big dogs, and you are willing to make these reported types of investments, surface should be a consideration. If this new stuff is the s***, then great! However, why is the NFL complaining about it in the fall of this year and they only play 8 something Sundays, not 81 games a season. I have also heard the same s*** about turf since the days of Exhibition stadium.. This stuff going in the Skydome is much better and easier on the body. Then in the early 2000s I think they put in new s***. Then the 2015 season or whatever it was, when we saw all those little flakes come up in the home opener when the ball hit the new turf. What are the subsurface in Miami and Texas, is it turf on concrete or turf on dirt with a sub-base..? Pretty sure Marlins park is not concrete underneath.. But admittedly I don't know... It is interesting as to the new turf, I hope it works. The fact of the matter is, and I have heard on the radio among ball players as recently as last week, there is a negative perception as to the turf at Rogers Center.

Turf is an issue. Perception for players coming to TO and there is data as pointed out in the NFL article there is more injury risk. Not sure why this would not be/is not a consideration for a FA OF over 30 and a $150 m dollar investment?

Yup... I have heard this same tune about turf for 15-20 yrs now. This new turf is softer and yada, yada, yada... If you can do grass, do it! To me if you are talking about $150 m plus contract for an OF over 30, the ROI for grass install makes sense.

As much as I would like some of the big names. I think as a TEAM, just the simple addition of Semien and JB jr makes us a better team. The issue is IMO we need a lot more pitching than even a Bauer and don't have high hopes for him.. JPR let's us move Kirk as part of a package and we could probably get Musgrove and Kuhl from the Pirates as a good start.

That makes sense, but when I see those numbers I wish we had damn grass in our OF!!

I think something like this...Maybe a mutual option.. Basically, between New York State taxes and Federal taxes, plus Ontario and Canada.. If it was a $9 million dollar difference, just to keep things simple lets take 50%. So, I don't think $4.5 moves the needle vs home team and Canada. Hence it would need to be a large enough amount after taxes etc to move the needle.. Which I estimate would be $10 MINIMUM and probably more..

Answer to #1 - NO. Not a multiple choice answer.. Hard NO!

It was well known since before the trade deadline the Indians were going after catching and an OF. Hence, I thought the Jays were a good fit prior to the deadline and now. Caveat is: I agree 100% a Kluber trade would have been horrible. I would want Plesac and for a little lower cost Civale..

You lost me.. But he told me personally. Not third hand.

I think I have told this here story before. However, Wells told me personally, basically and I am para phrasing, "f*** no" I am not coming back to the Jays, I am going to the Rangers (this is pre-extension). He didn't want to play in TO, he wanted to be a home state Ranger, but then you throw a lot of money at a problem and sometimes it works... Which means with Springer, your saying there is a chance....

Yonge and Bloor is for pussies. If you want to be Thug life, Young & Finch, Word!

I am trained in Nakawon, Judo, Kung-Fu- Chai Tea, woo saw, see saw, however.. But, I actually want some of whatever he is smoking.

Meet me at the corner of Young & Finch at midnight, sharp!

Funny- He trades Bauer for scraps, rejects my ranked prospects for prospects proposal and then wants Biggio from me for Nolan Jones and a pick in the 2021 nada draft. It is like watching sperm in microscope.. All over the place...

They have extra money to play with this year at least due to Cano.

Correct and still doable. However, I am pretty confident the difference would need to be $10 million minimum. $9 million or less difference won’t move the needle.

Yea, but that was just a US vs Canada thing or certain markets etc. In this specific case it is vs his hometown area/team.

Don’t get your hopes up on this. “Finalists” or not, which I truly believe we are, we would need to not only top the Mets but make it by so much, or incentivize Springer by so ridiculously much so that he plays for a team in a different country, when he is right next door to New York now, grew up there and family and friends are there. Blue Jays are being used as leverage and we still have a chance, but if we, “win” the numbers won’t even be close IMO. It will be a huge overpay in either AAV or term. It sucks, but we are competing against a player’s hometown team that just happens to be the “it” team at the moment and is our primary competition.

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Must have been Krypi and not just reg bud...