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

[Kurtz]

Does anyone agree that the Blue Jays won the trade of Kikuchi with the Astros? The Blue Jays got Joey Loperfido among others and Houston lost Kikuchi to the Dodgers on free agency.

Kikuchi went to the Angels, but otherwise, yeah. We really should trade with Houston as much as possible.

 

[Discoverer]

Kikuchi went to the Angels, but otherwise, yeah. We really should trade with Houston as much as possible.

Futures trades with Houston, win-now deals with Oakland.

 

[Blitzkrug]

Futures trades with Houston, win-now deals with Oakland.

Me when the Jays get yet another A's all-star for the price of a half eaten ham sandwich and a half empty bottle of Coke;

 

[Canada4Gold]

We get our 3rd baseman from the A's, and our outfielders from the Astros

 

[phillipmike]

Futures trades with Houston, win-now deals with Oakland.

Could go as far as infielders from Oakland with Hinske, Semien and Scutaro Joining Donaldson and Chapman.

Reclamation projects from NL Central;
-Bautista
-Encarnacion
-Estrada
-JA Happ
-Colby Rasmus

 

[Dr.Funk]

 

[Suntouchable13]

Could go as far as infielders from Oakland with Hinske, Semien and Scutaro Joining Donaldson and Chapman.

Reclamation projects from NL Central;
-Bautista
-Encarnacion
-Estrada
-JA Happ
-Colby Rasmus

4 out of 5 became all-stars, not bad.

 

[phillipmike]

4 out of 5 became all-stars, not bad.

And Rasmus got robbed in 2013 in my opinion. Rasmus had a higher WAR and OPS+ than Adam Jones, Nelson Cruz, Tori Hunter, and Alex Gordon who made the team over him.

Rasmus led the Jays in WAR in 2013 and had a higher slugging than Bautista.

 

[Tony Romo]

I get the jays are the only Canadian team in baseball. But it blows my mind on how bad the reporting is. You really think the Jays will sign Soto and then turn around and let Vladdy walk?

I've seen articles where they think we pay our players in Canadian dollars as well.

 

[Ale Brew]

Boyd gets 2 yrs $29M from the Cubs. Arguably depth starters are getting PAID in this market. Might as well try to land one of the big fish as it’s much better value.

 

[phillipmike]

Boyd gets 2 yrs $29M from the Cubs. Arguably depth starters are getting PAID in this market. Might as well try to land one of the big fish as it’s much better value.

Agreed. That is a lot of money for guy who is 34 and pitched 200 innings combine in the last 4 seasons.

His WAR the last 5 seasons;
-0.6
1.4
0.4
-0.1
0.7

Montas getting $34M over 2 years but at least he is a lot younger and has potential. I wonder what guys like Bieber, Verlander and Max get.

 

[hockeywiz542]