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  1. Yes, both can be true. The Dodgers were probably Ohtani's "preferred destination" and also the highest bidders. But the reason they had to go so high was because the Jays were in there being leveraged by Ohtani's reps.
  2. Yes, but in order to get the Dodgers to bid higher he needs another team in the mix trying to outbid them, which is what the Jays were obviously doing. I think Ohtani preferred the Dodgers, but I also think he was prepared to go to Toronto if they were offering more....to a certain point. $700 million was enough for him to just accept the offer on stay in LA.
  3. This is what I think, they didn't get a chance to match. $700 million was enough for Ohtani to decide to play where he wanted to play to begin with. I think he was fully ready to go Toronto if it came to that, but the Dodgers ponied up and so he went where he really wanted to go.
  4. I still wonder about the "leak" to Hoornstra and Dodgers Nation. I think it's possible Ohtani was leaning towards the Jays, the Dodgers knew this and leaked that they were out and Ohtani had picked the Jays. Then amidst the fan/media/twitter s*** storm they went back to Ohtani with their over the top offer and he took it because while he would have been just fine going to Toronto, ultimately it was the Dodgers he really wanted to play for. I mean just about every Tom, Dick and f***ing Harry out there bought into it and had Ohtani becoming a Jay a forgone conslusion after that leak, combined with the goddamn private jet tracking, etc lol It's possible even the Jays FO relaxed a little bit thinking they may have just accomplished landing the biggest FA in baseball history, and were just waiting for Ohtani's reps to reach out, meanwhile the Dodgers were upping their offer to $700 million and hooking the prize.
  5. Pretty much whatever the Jays end up doing now is going to feel pretty underwhelming after thinking they had Ohtani yesterday lol Yamamoto would be great but I have zero confidence in him picking the Jays, especially with that f***tard Cohen going after him Lee would also be nice but none of these high profile Japanese or Korean dudes ever seem to pick the Jays when they come over All the rest of the FA's don't seem like they'll move the needle or be worth the god awful contracts they end up signing
  6. I just did this in the other thread, but I added Orelvis and Zulueta to Manoah. Value is dead even on Baseball Trade Values FWIW
  7. The Jays only have 37 guys on the 40 man right now. 5 in 3 out +2 39 on 40 man after this
  8. Bahaha I guess I had Manoah on my brain
  9. Sign Jung Hoo Lee Sign Yamamoto Sign Brantley Sign Hicks Trade Manoah, Orelvis, Zulueta to Reds for Spencer Steer 1. Gausman 2. Berrios 3. Yamamoto 4. Bassitt 5. Kikuchi CL - Romano SU - Hicks SU - Green RP - Swanson RP - Garcia RP - Mayza RP - Richards RP - White RF - Springer SS - Bo 1B - Vlad DH - Brantley 3B - Steer C - Kirk / Jansen LF - Lee CF - Varsho 2B - Biggio / Schneider
  10. So how long until we find out Yama signed in the AL east? lol
  11. Well they spent like $246 million last year, and with arb estimates they are set for about $214 million as it stands, so yeah I'd say $50-60 million more tops.
  12. lol with one giant swift kick in the nuts I went from wondering if the Jays would win the division to wondering if they'll finish 3rd or 4th
  13. I don't give a f*** about the money. He's a once in a many generations talent, and would have made a huge difference in the Jays ability to attract even more talent, but of course he ends up either a Dodger or a f***ing Yankee. So sick of coming up short on these game changer type talents.
  14. Would love to get Yamamoto still, and then trade some pitching for a decent 3B with control. LF, 2B should be filled alright enough from within. But 3B is a big hole and nobody is ready to take it for a while from within, and I don't really want Chapman at some ridiculous contract. Now we still need a decent DH too. f***ing Dodgers.
  15. Damn that stings. All my sports teams do is hurt me man.
  16. Watch these sources all be correct, but then something shows up in Ohtani's physical that makes it all fall apart.
  17. Ohtani had 9 fWAR last season and only pitched half the year. Bo and Vlad combined for 4.8 fWAR. Ohtani is a unicorn. Just because they willing to open up the books for Ohtani doesn't mean they can or will spend like that on Bo/Vlad, and they shouldn't Also, the scuttlebutt is that Bo wants to go to free agency anyways unless they overpay him ridiculously, and Vlad probably wants way too much for what has been dwindling performance for an overweight first baseman.
  18. The f***ing balls on these agents and players. lol The guy still has 8 years left on his current deal FFS
  19. That video was taken earlier today while that plane was in the air. I saw it a couple hours ago
  20. Yeah man, I couldn't get to it for 20 minutes. Awful timing lol
  21. f*** me what a s*** time to not be able to connect to the forum for 20 minutes lol
  22. You never know if this s*** is true or not, but I appreciate you coming in here and telling us what you've heard.
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