Fuuuuuuuuuuck I wanna watch the Jays FO polish off this f***ing roster so bad and then watch them go to work.
f***tarded *******s get an agreement done already.
I haven't rosterbated in MONTHS!
That's a lot to give up for not much control. I like the players, both would be great adds, but the Jays would have to be fairly confident they could extend Manaea.
Maybe the Jays think/know they have the inside track on Schwarber, Conforto, Pham, Castellanos or even Suzuki?
Adding switch hitting Ramirez and power lefty Schwarber would really diversify the offense.
They should allow players to reach free agency sooner, but then also make it so no player can sign a multi year contract that takes them past 35 years old.
That way players who are younger and in their prime get paid sooner, but teams won't be wasting money on past their prime 35+ year old players who aren't worth the contracts they signed when they were 30+ years old.
A free agent who is 31? You can sign a 4 year deal max. Then you can only sign 1 year deals from that point on.
A free agent who is 28? 7 years max. Then 1 year deals from that point on.
Probably need a limit on AAV too though, something like 20% of the luxury tax threshold or something like that.
Haha
I was just going off the earlier assumption where people thought maybe the Jays were chasing Seager because they think down the road one of the core guys is going to test free agency rather than commit long term to the Jays.
That'd be a hell of a line up for next season though.
C - Jansen
1B - Vlad
2B - Biggio
3B - Ramirez
SS - Correa/Story
LF - Gurriel
CF - SPringer
RF - Teo
DH - Reyes
Moreno still in the pipeline making his debut at some point
And a rotation of:
Bieber
Berrios
Gausman
Manoah
Ryu
f***, that'd be outstanding.
Maybe if they Jays can still land Correa or Story they plan on executing a major blockbuster trade?
Something along the lines of Bo Bichette, Alejandro Kirk, Orelvis Martinez, Nate Pearson to the Guardians for Shane Bieber, Jose Ramirez, Franmil Reyes
Yeah I'm no trade proposal guru, but I doubt they can expect too much for 1 year of a reliever.
Maybe there is better ways to upgrade the bullpen, but Rogers would be an amazing fit for the Jays right now.
Borucki has shown flashes, he has great stuff. Maybe the Jays take the patient route with him. He's dirt cheap, and still under control until 2025.
Relievers are volatile anyways. It's possible Borucki has a better year than Rogers when you factor in injuries and what not.
The Twins are trash, Taylor Rogers is an elite reliever and this is his last year of control.
They should trade him for a younger, controllable reliever with upside and maybe a wild card type prospect.
Basically I'm saying I hope the Jays trade for him. Maybe Borucki and a guy like Murray or Pardhino?
I dunno, I think Espinal can be the "short term bridge" at 3B until Moreno/Groshans/Martinez are ready no? He had 2.2 fWAR last season and still projects to be a positive contributor this season according to steamer. Seager only projects to be marginally better.
Plus you've got a bit of a wild card with Smith as well. Totally unproven at the MLB level, but he has plus speed, plus defense and f***ing mashed AAA last season as a rookie.
I was against going with a combo of Biggio at 2B and Espinal at 3B earlier on, but I think I'm OK with it now that they are trying Moreno at 3B and as long as they take that extra money and put it into a solid 5th starter and the bullpen.
1B - Vlad
SS - Bo
C - Jansen/Kirk
2B/3B - Biggio/Espinal/Smith/Moreno
If they're going to do that, I hope they at least shore up the pitching. Need to add another decent starter and one legit high leverage bullpen arm, plus some depth.
All three with just 2 years of control left, and all would likely cost as much as Berrios did to acquire. Maybe even more in the case of Castillo and Mahle.
Of course, the Jays could lower that cost by quite a bit if they agreed to take on the rest of Moustakas contract.
According to fangraphs the Jays are sitting around $161,000,000 payroll right now with arb estimates. Vladdy's estimate seems low too at only $7.9 million.
Looking at what...another $15-20 million left to spend if the right players agree to come to the Jays?
What's the Rangers rotation? Gray, Dunning, Hearn, Alexy and Howard?
Their starting outfield? Garcia, Calhoun and Billy Mckinney?
They must have a bunch more signings coming because that team is still s*** right now.