Bryant, Springer, Odorizzi and a bullpen arm would be an awesome offseason. Still many great possibilities for us but it does really begin with at least 1 top tier free agent (Springer, Bauer, Realmuto, DJL).
Ya I was clearly upset at the Ibaka screw up because he actually wanted to be here. Agreed that Gasol was practically done but he still would have been a huge upgrade over the scrubs we're putting out there now. We could have easily offered a bigger 1 year deal or even a 2 year deal to Ibaka. We clearly undervalued his importance and are now paying for it because we wanted to keep a pipedream alive with no contingency.
It was all but confirmed by Masai himself that his moves were being made to ensure we had max space for Giannis in 2021. We structured Fred's extension to allow for that. Now where this totally killed us is that we let Ibaka and Gasol get away for nothing because we didn't want to commit past this year. Take a look at how bad that move is killing the Raptors right now. We're 1 and 6 because our centers SUCK.
It was such a perfect fit man, especially with the Shatkins connection to the Indians/Lindor. If they weren't going to swing big there then where will they swing big...
Lots of offseaaon left so we'll see how things unfold.
Ya let's see how the offseason goes but I really thought this package was ours for the taking. Now if we can sign free agents without having to give up our prospects, we come out better here. But there's some hesitancy to think that.
It's all assuming that all those free agents will remain unsigned. Lindor will probably be taken off the list and I'm sure many others will be too prior to then.
Don't pull a Raptors hoping something will be available in the future and plan your current moves around that. Just not a good way of managing.
And we're pretty much dealing with one other buyer in this market, there will be many more buyers next offseason. There will always be an excuse for us to not make the big move.
Springer Hand Odorizzi from that list but in reality... I want to add Lindor on top of that group lol.
Strike while the iron is hot... we won't have the chance to be the head honcho that often. Once MLB returns back to normal next offseason, there will be more competition for talent and higher prices in general for players.
Ya, seems like Springer is giving the Mets all the chances to win this bidding war but the longer it takes, the more chance we might pull through here.
I think we're all happy it's not at the 5/150 range. 5/125 seems like where we're at.
Unfortunately I think it might take 6/150 for us to beat the Mets.
My comment wasn't towards the Jays but MLB free agency. Of course the Jays shouldn't bite while the best players are still on the board.
The Morales situation was a joke so they better not handle things like that again lol.