I was having a good discussion about the Blue Jays with some friends who are super fans over the weekend. It would suck, but it's almost like the way out of the malaise the team finds itself in is to trade the core, including Vladdy and Bo. It's not working, and is just going to get worse until they leave. We can stock the f*** out of the farm and get some high ceiling, controllable talent in return. Or, we can put lipstick on a pig, and go over the $190M payroll threshold with a club that will be worse than 2023. The latter is likely where we are headed, because the former would cost Atkins his job, and maybe Shapiro, too.