Blue Jays Discussion: 2024-25 Off-season: The free agent watch begins (and sometimes old baseball radio broadcasts)
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The Iceman
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I don't know... Romano signing for exactly his arb projection suggests his surplus value was zero, doesn't it?
If you think of Romano for Finnegan as a reasonable deal, then if the Jays were to sign Finnegan for less than his arb projection, would your opinion of Romano's non-tender change? I know it was just an example, but I think there are several ways it could end up working out. It's a long offseason.
The Jays only had to commit 6.8 to keep Romano. He signed for his projected arbitration number, but trading would mean that the acquiring team got him with no hurdles. My opinion of the non-tender would not change based on signing Finnegan below his arb number, because he hit the open market (it's also very unlikely because the Cubs are interested). The point of this is that good teams generally don't give up arb years of guys with this kind of track record to pinch pennies.
Nice. I had a feeling they would try to bring him back. That's a nice start to fixing the pen. He was great in his 2.5 years here... hopefully he's healthy, and hopefully he's not the best pen arm they add.
tmlfan98
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So basically Jays preferred to give Romano's money (his arb projection was $7.75M AAV) to Yimi ($7.5M AAV for 2 years).
I'm not sure what the bolded means. If they traded him, wouldn't the acquiring team still have to go through the arbitration process with him?
The bolded means that any team could acquire him and would be able to sign him (the projections are usually so good that he would be silly not to accept). By letting him hit free agency, they risk him signing with someone else (especially a rival) or having to pay more.
I dunno….I could walk around in a t-shirt today….that’s not bad? Lol
Interesting move with Garcia if confirmed.
I liked him a lot here, and love Clase, so win win.
Lotsa righties in there for now.
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Dont mind garcia at all.as long as its for a setup role. He can close in a pinch to like green but still need an actual closer
Another one of those 'let's see what's next' moments to decide if we should be happy. Garcia is good for the 7th inning and maybe the 8th, depending on whether we get a closer. Using Green and Garcia for the 9th and 8th would feel a bit risky.
Yeah, if they can add one of the better FA closers or trade for one of the rumoured guys, the pen will suddenly start to look really solid with new guy/Garcia/Green at the backend, a potential rebound from Swanson, and a few wild cards.
Hopefully it plays out better than last year's search for a bat, where every move was fine enough as long as they made the big addition they needed.
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Suntouchable13
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Baseball season is during spring/summer. I don't get your comment. Why would that take TO out of the equation?
SpezDispenser
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Yeah, what's not to like about a .323 hitter who hits for power and plays an above average 1st base.
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Might be a market for Bassit then if we do end up with Fried or Burnes and need to shed some salary for bats.
Fourier
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This seems like a bit of a strange thing for baseball. HOckey, sure. Not that many teams in the majors have issues with cold weather during most of the season. In a weird way TO's weather might be a plus compared with some of the nasty stuff that happens these days June through September. You may have a cold April but you won't be dealing with 107 degree weather in July.
