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

[LeafsNet]

They should have been fired after that choke against Seattle. Jesus Christ it was like watching game 7 in 2013 except stretched out over 9 innings.

 

[mikeyz]

They have already screwed it up. They likely could have gotten him signed for 250 - 300M 2-3 years ago. Now it’s going to cost them 400-500M. Or they lose him for nothing.

They have already cost the team hundreds of millions.

And it’s kinda hard to tell by far your best player that you don’t have the money or don’t think he is worth it after making 700M+ offers to FAs in back to back off seasons.
They needed to lock him up before going big game hunting. Especially considering that they missed.

This is bang on the money. Very well said.

Atkins and Shapiro have left the fanbase devoid of any real hope. They are not leaders, they are chasers with an overflowing excuse bucket.

Ohhhhh boy. You know they f***ed up when even you start letting go of their coattails and apron strings. Lol.

Atkins and Shapiro have left the fanbase devoid of any real hope. They are not leaders, they are chasers with an overflowing excuse bucket.

Ohhhhh boy. You know they f***ed up when even you start letting go of their coattails and apron strings. Lol.

 

[TheMadHatTrick]

Ohhhhh boy. You know they f***ed up when even you start letting go of their coattails and apron strings. Lol.


Ohhhhh boy. You know they f***ed up when even you start letting go of their coattails and apron strings. Lol.

We heard you the first time!

 

[mikeyz]

We heard you the first time!

Hahaha yeah, I don’t know why that sent twice.

 

[shortfuze]

They have already screwed it up. They likely could have gotten him signed for 250 - 300M 2-3 years ago. Now it’s going to cost them 400-500M. Or they lose him for nothing.

They have already cost the team hundreds of millions.

And it’s kinda hard to tell by far your best player that you don’t have the money or don’t think he is worth it after making 700M+ offers to FAs in back to back off seasons.
They needed to lock him up before going big game hunting. Especially considering that they missed.

Hindsight is 20/20 eh?

 

[cyris]

Hindsight is 20/20 eh?

You don’t need hindsight to know if you are offering FA over 700m your best player who is due a contract is going to expect to get paid too

 

[Bjindaho]

Hindsight is 20/20 eh?

There was never a point at which they shouldn't have been talking deal with Bo. It makes sense today and has at all points. The only reason that anyone is talking about dealing Bo is because we don't believe he will sign.

The issue with Vladdy is very clear and very stupid. Offering 7 years in 2021 would only have covered 2 FA years, would have paid him roughly fair value for that whole time, and is still an insult to Vlad because of the number of years (while also being a really bad offer from the team's point of value for the same reason). Lining up offers for Ohtani and Soto without talking deal with their own stars is a slap to their faces.

 

[Dr.Funk]

 

[Dr.Funk]