Blue Jays Discussion: 2024-25 Off-season: The free agent watch begins (and sometimes old baseball radio broadcasts)

[Dr.Funk]

Jays off season plan should be,

Sign Soto- 14 years $620 million (51.66 mil aav)
Sign Adames- 7 years $182 million (26 mil aav)
Sign Fried 5 years $125 million (25 mil aav)
Resign Guerrero 15 years $350 million (23.3 aav)

Trade Bichette
Trade Springer

The math ain't mathing on Soto.

Vlad isn't signing for that low of an AAV.

 

[Vector]

Bell feels a bit like them having an internal option to replace Schneider in case they fire him mid-season and don’t want to go with Mattingly.

 

[tmlfan98]

Someone correct me if I'm remembering this wrong, but to me the main difference between the Ohtani smoke from last winter and Soto smoke this year, is that I don't remember Passan ever really hopping on the "Jays have a real shot at Ohtani" train.

But this year Passan seems to be one of the main "Jays have a real shot at Soto" cheerleaders. And Passan is actually legit. It's basically just him and Rosenthal, maybe Feinsand too but I'm iffy on that.

 

[Brock Boeser Laser Show]

Someone correct me if I'm remembering this wrong, but to me the main difference between the Ohtani smoke from last winter and Soto smoke this year, is that I don't remember Passan ever really hopping on the "Jays have a real shot at Ohtani" train.

But this year Passan seems to be one of the main "Jays have a real shot at Soto" cheerleaders. And Passan is actually legit. It's basically just him and Rosenthal, maybe Feinsand too but I'm iffy on that.

No shot at Soto. It's all smoke generated by Boras to get Yankees or Mets to cough up more cash. The sports media seem to fall for the Boras game every damn time.

 

[Woodman19]

No shot at Soto. It's all smoke generated by Boras to get Yankees or Mets to cough up more cash. The sports media seem to fall for the Boras game every damn time.

Reciprocal Parasitic relationship. Views, Attention, Money

 

[Tony Romo]

I'm not saying he's using us to boost up the contract. But don't we have a pretty good relationship with Boras now?

 

[hockeywiz542]

Fifteen notable MLB players who could be traded this offseason - The Athletic

1. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 1B, Blue Jays

The Blue Jays have given no indication they’re going to trade Vladimir Guerrero Jr. this offseason, but one National League general manager told me he believes they’ll change their mind when they realize they have little chance of extending him; after free-agent first basemen Pete Alonso and Christian Walker sign, this GM thinks the Blue Jays will be enticed by the franchise-changing trade offers they could receive for Guerrero, because their farm system needs an infusion of prospects. Guerrero is coming off a banner season in which he slashed .323/.396/.544 (166 OPS+) with 30 home runs, 98 runs scored and 103 RBIs. He’s under team control for one more season. His trade value is sky high and the Blue Jays have many areas of need. Trading Guerrero is imperative if they can’t sign him to a long-term deal this offseason.

12. Chris Bassitt, RHP, Blue Jays

The Blue Jays are not going to extend Chris Bassitt, who is signed through next season, so they should move the 35-year-old righty now while he still has trade value. Bassitt went 10-14 this year with a 4.16 ERA over 31 starts. He posted an inflated WHIP of 1.462 and was worth -0.1 WAR. However, he’s pitched at least 170 innings each of the past three seasons, and plenty of teams would take a starter who can provide those innings to save their bullpens.

 

[BehindTheTimes]

Shatkins should not be in charge this off season. They need to go. They have proven they do not have what it takes to build us into a contender. There are worse tandems, but it’s time for a change.