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

[Satan]

something is afoot

 

[Bjindaho]

Basically, the trade is likely Straw plus cash plus the IFA amount for the same cash. Toronto relieves them of the salary for pool space.

 

[Tony Romo]

that's interesting!

 

[Discoverer]

Holy shit. $2 million in IFA space is a LOT.

 

[Bjindaho]

Holy shit. $2 million in IFA space is a LOT.

Toronto now has as much IFA space as LAD could possibly acquire

 

[Tw1ster]

Anyone able to track his jet?

 

[Blitzkrug]

Holy shit did they finally do something?

 

[GoonieFace]

Anyone able to track his jet?

Reportably he was seen hang gliding across Lake Ontario, he can’t afford a jet

 

[Discoverer]

Just a sidenote, but it seems appropriate that in order to get the slot space the Jays had to take on the contract of a Gold Glove defender who can't hit.

 

[Bjindaho]

Just a sidenote, but it seems appropriate that in order to get the slot space the Jays had to take on the contract of a Gold Glove defender who can't hit.

It's basically Bradley Zimmer part 2 (only he is owed 13M over 2 years)

 

[Greek_physique]

It's basically Bradley Zimmer part 2 (only he is owed 13M over 2 years)

Good thing we had so much cap space lol

 

[CabanaBoy5]

If Atkins makes this happen, and signs Alonso as well, I may forgive a few of his indiscretions.

 

[phillipmike]

Good to see if it leads to Sasaki and better to be positive.

Happy to be wrong but it seems to me all the Dodgers IFA commitments were poached. No one went after Jays or Padres guys. So he is a Dodger.

My guess with the report SD is out earlier this morning. Jays don’t know anything, so they acquired extra money in hopes it sways Sasaki. They worked all morning and got this deal done.

Either they get Sasaki.

Or they pay their prospects extra for waiting or go after other guys.

Plus you have Straw as a Varsho replacement to start the season as he will be on the IL.

 

[Bjindaho]

Good to see if it leads to Sasaki and better to be positive.

Happy to be wrong but it seems to me all the Dodgers IFA commitments were poached. No one went after Jays or Padres guys. So he is a Dodger.

My guess with the report SD is out earlier this morning. Jays don’t know anything, so they acquired extra money in hopes it sways Sasaki. They worked all morning and got this deal done.

Either they get Sasaki.

Or they pay their prospects extra for waiting or go after other guys.

Plus you have Straw as a Varsho replacement to start the season as he will be on the IL.

If Toronto covers LAD's bid and gets the rest of their eligible space, they can likely get 1 or 2 of their top guys and Sasaki.

 

[Woodman19]

If (big if) we land Sasaki, it puts into motion more moves via being able to dump a Bassit type of contract and reinvesting the money on a bat like Alonso or Bregman. Probably the best case scenario for the Jays after missing out on Soto.

 

[TMLeafer]

Don't hurt me again Blue Jays. F5 'ing away anyway.

 

[Bjindaho]

If (big if) we land Sasaki, it puts into motion more moves via being able to dump a Bassit type of contract and reinvesting the money on a bat like Alonso or Bregman. Probably the best case scenario for the Jays after missing out on Soto.

Management has no interest in this, from what I've seen.

If they sign Sasaki, the plan is that Rodriguez becomes long man, they figure out the lefty situation and go from there.

 

[Woodman19]

I also feel like we wouldn't trade for the space unless they already knew. It doesn't fit our front offices MO to make proactive moves lol

 

[Discoverer]

Good to see if it leads to Sasaki and better to be positive.

Happy to be wrong but it seems to me all the Dodgers IFA commitments were poached. No one went after Jays or Padres guys. So he is a Dodger.

My guess with the report SD is out earlier this morning. Jays don’t know anything, so they acquired extra money in hopes it sways Sasaki. They worked all morning and got this deal done.

Either they get Sasaki.

Or they pay their prospects extra for waiting or go after other guys.

Plus you have Straw as a Varsho replacement to start the season as he will be on the IL.

The only thing that KIND OF makes me hesitate to buy too much into the Dodgers' commitments leaving is that they both left for significantly bigger bonuses than what they had agreed to with the Dodgers. It could just be that they planned on waiting to see what the Dodgers were going to do and got offers they couldn't turn down, while the Jays guys aren't getting poached to that extent.

 

[Bjindaho]

 

[WeThreeKings]

Nice reverse jinx

 

[Woodman19]

Yeah why would we take ~$12 million dead money on wishful thinking? It must be about to go down.

 

[Tw1ster]

Nice reverse jinx

I choose to believe Oppenheimer’s words

 

[Bjindaho]

Yeah why would we take ~$12 million dead money on wishful thinking? It must be about to go down.

Because 2M in IFA space means that if we don't get Sasaki, we can sign 2M more worth of players.

 

[Greek_physique]

Because 2M in IFA space means that if we don't get Sasaki, we can sign 2M more worth of players.

Or we could get the mystery box, and you know what could be in the mystery box? SASAKI....you know we've always wanted one of those