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Blue Jays Discussion: 2024-25 Off-season: The free agent watch begins (and sometimes old baseball radio broadcasts)
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No, it’s just annoying because the Dodgers seem to be doing it more frequently than other clubs (while seemingly nabbing any top star they want).
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I doubt they’d want to. The Dodgers are a huge market and the league benefits from their success.
The league needs more than the Dodgers to be successful. They have 30 other teams fans needing to show up.
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The Nemesis
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Real insiders or "I know a guy who knows a guy" social media accounts for "Kevin from Scarborough" who's totally not making it up because his source is trust me, bro?
I wouldn't feel great about that. There are a few red flags in his numbers and someone on here said that they saw discussion about how his velocity and spin numbers for his best pitch (cutter) were down significantly recently and that could spell disaster because he leans so heavily on it.
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It's kind of pathetic that we've reached a level of thirst for free agent news that people are investigating and tweeting about the real estate habits of relatives of players in an attempt to be newsbreakers about their playing decisions.
I don't doubt that people want it. It's just creepy, weird, and kinda sad.
I have no idea who that guy is, but the fact that he made an identical tweet about Cole makes me less inclined to believe him. What seems more likely: he tweeted that about Cole and just happened to look right once Cole signed in New York so he's now doubling down and trying it with Soto, or he just happens to have some kind of source with the sisters of multiple major league players?
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Newsweek was one of them I dont recall the other source I read.
His K's per 9 are down and he didn't even hit 200IP, seems like an Ace type contract (+$33m/yr) with out Ace type numbers.
Information is currency. It has always been this way, the only difference is the speed that the information is shared.
I'd prefer if people would stay in their lanes TBH.
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The only rumours are that we have interest. I think a couple of insiders might have predicted or guessed we land him, but there’s no actual rumour that we’re close to a deal with Burnes.
I’m guessing Burnes goes back to the O’s. Max Fried seems more likely for us, but if I had to bet I’d say he’s more likely to go to the Red Sox.
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Apparently it was a rumor started by Andy McCullough of The Atlantic on Friday. The article I read was from Newsweek and from The Sporting News posted yesterday, written by Jackson Roberts.
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The Sporting News Article is a bit misleading, it says that this guy predicts that Corbin will sign and the NY times article is more a Jays should do this if they are serious about improving...
At any rate, not sure the dollar value speculated is reasonable for what a declining player would bring to The Jays, i do think they need to upgrade back end and front end pitching.
At this point of his career is he a front of the rotation pitcher?
I think he’s definitely still a front end pitcher, it’s just that monstrous contract that makes him scary.
