Spanky__99

Why???

Bo would get an Adames contract, if he were a FA today. If he put up 5 WAR he's at least a 225M - 250M dollar guy, I believe. Time to strike is now on the cheap.

Well then...

Amen Term, don't sweat it though buddy, the playoffs will be easy to make, WS will be difficult to win, but ours. 😉

He wanted 10/400M back in November but was waiting on Soto's and Alonso's contracts, before the ink dried on that Soto contract his price went up considerably I imagine to the "this is stupid money for a one way ballplayer" category, I share no ill will at our FO if this guy's priced himself this high. I can't get behind it. If the Jays match or offer a bit more on his next contract(that I doubt gets to that much, save for maybe Cohen), he should sign here, right? I mean he's been saying this all along but the numbers tell us otherwise, half a billion for a guy people wanted off the team 2 years ago, lets put this in perspective here. He's simply not worth that much money, it's a massive overpay, imo, pretty cut and dry right there.

This mirrored my thoughts on this article, no bueno amigo.

Yup, that was the time to sell the Bassitt's, Gausman's, Bo's, Vlad's of the world and they'd be very far ahead of the game on a rebuild, they decided to compete, it is what it is. Vlad not signing the extension changes nothing. If someone offers up a package for Vlad it'd have to help the team immediately. Next chance might be the deadline, but the season would have to have gone tits up for that to occur. We'll see GO JAYS GO, baby! 😎

Wat? 😓

Hah... I've seen you insult Vlad copious amounts of times in '20/22/23/'24 until June of last year, pick a lane dude. Actually I've seen you insult Shatkins 85% of the time since October of '22, prior to this he was your guy man, lol. 🤪 I agree with the rest of the post. If the Jays were to trade Vlad, it was last deadline. Once they didn't, they weren't trading him anytime soon, they're competing since that day, the writing was on the wall. Hopefully we make some more moves this offseason to upgrade, but I saw that it has to be done via trades, according to our SN guys that haven't been wrong at all all offseason, lol.

They offered EE 4/80 dude?

I like the premise of this, but it'd be pretty difficult to pull off, as you're selling to contenders, and the other FA's are also being sought after by contenders.

Good post. It's not as dire as I temporarily read through this articles comments on here. This was always a possibility, we'll see what's in store now.

Pretty much, out player development buried us, hopefully some of these guys in the minors step up big and for the love of God stay healthy.

Holy, he said Ed was in on negotiations? Well, that's interesting. Vlad's been saying he wants to be a Jay for life, what changes here in regards to Judge's decision to Vlad's?

I'm sure he'll let the Jays match and become a life long Blue Jay, right? 😜

Mic drop. 😅

I wouldn't mind moving him for a proper haul, but the hyperbole is strong in this one, what'd Vlad do to you bro?

Bang on!

You were in on the talks I imagine dEaN? We'll see if Vlad wants to be here if Toronto matches next winter. Quit talking out your ass.

Exactly, teams will pay if they want the bat.

lol... thank you! Some logic, trade the guy for a haul. Or "for his worth" greedy f***, both sides are to blame in this shitshow, the FO for lack of direction/decisiveness(last trade deadline) as mentioned and Vlad thinking he's a perennial stud, haven't seen it yet, although he's coming into his prime years but... as you say, stand up this year kid. If they don't move him, we'll see if both Toronto and Vlad really want to stay together for life. They'll have to match his best offer next winter, and he needs to accept. I personally hate that this story will loom all season... Ughh

Means (elbow) agreed Monday with the Guardians on a one-year, $1 million contract that includes a $7.5 million club option for 2026, Kiley McDaniel of ESPN.com reports. Good signing

Camp starts tomorrow morning at the PDA in Dunedin... 😎 First game on the 22nd is televised. So like 4 damn days man... Woohoo!

Guest: Any other bluejays close to the list? 12:21 Eric A Longenhagen: Alan Roden. Lemme pull up his report for you 12:22 Eric A Longenhagen: Roden has posted god-tier surface-level stats dating back to college, and he’s done so in pro ball while making several significant mechanical adjustments to his swing. In 2023, he was given Craig Counsell’s batting stance and a big leg kick, while his hands were lowered closer to his ear in 2024. The changes have helped Roden, who turned 25 in December, to access more power without trading off much contact… 12:23 Eric A Longenhagen: He slashed .293/.391/.475 split between Double- and Triple-A in 2024, running a 93% in-zone contact rate and 83% overall. His measureable power (37% hard-hit rate, 103 mph EV90) was a shade south of the overall big league average, but comfortably below what is typical for a corner outfielder. The short-levered Roden is best at accessing his power against breaking balls that finish middle-in. It’s against these pitches you can really see how much his swing allows him to use the ground to help generate power. Well-executed backfoot breaking balls, however, are Kryptonite to Roden’s bat path; he struggles to scoop those, and swings over the top of them. He’s adept at flattening his bat path to cover high fastballs to drive them the other way, but tends to expand the zone against them a little too often… 12:24 Eric A Longenhagen: Roden received heavy consideration for the Top 100 list. Three things shaded his grade down into more of a platoon role. He’s much more chase-prone against fastballs and with two strikes (both relative to his chase in other counts, and to the big league average with two strikes), which suggests that his excellent walk rates from the minors will dip in the big leagues. He’s also a boxy 25-year-old, and I worry that he’ll be subject to athletic decline during his six-year window of team control. Roden is not currently on Toronto’s 40-man, and the Blue Jay’s big league corner outfield situation is very, very crowded. It’s imperative for things to shake out among the Loperfido/Barger/Lukes/Wagner group pairing with George Springer and playing opposite Anthony Santander. It might not be until 2026 that Roden, who will then be 26, gets to entrench himself as a Pavin Smith type contributor. 12:24

Jacob Barnes signed a minor league deal with us today.