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

[trellaine201]

Plane flying into Rogers Centre field.

 

[cyris]

Plane flying into Rogers Centre field.

Haha yeah I guess that’s my plane tracking update. Maybe Myles Straw is the Robert Herjavec in this scenario just coming in to see the facilities after getting acquired. Maybe they just wanted the place a little quieter for some other unimportant reason

 

[Gabriel426]

Are we tracking planes again, lol

 

[phillipmike]

I’m about to step into a meeting. So expect the signing to happen now

 

[Hellcat]

Am I late posting...

 

[Hellcat]

I don’t want to believe as I don’t want to be hurt again…but this FO is the antithesis of an aggressive group. Spending over $12M on Myles Straw to get that extra IFA $ is not the type of move they make without having a STRONG indication he’s coming.

He's as bad as it gets at the plate but watch his stance/swing, it is correctable, it's not that he cant identify a pitch, its that his timing, stance and his approach are piss poor. Watch his front foot bail every time, takes away the outside half of the plate. All correctable with the right hitting coach/hitting coach team. Now with that said ... the Jays and coaches correcting hitting have not been synonymous over the last few years.

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/myles-straw-664702?stats=statcast-r-hitting-mlb

 

[EpochLink]

Come on, Alex Bregman signing!

 

[Dr.Funk]

Come on, Alex Bregman signing!

Of all the rumored players that's the one I want least. No doubt in my mind by year 3 there is going to be significant decline.

 

[cyris]

Come on, Alex Bregman signing!

lol he is the guy I want the least out of all the big names we are apparently in on.
George Springer 2.0 vibes

Of all the rumored players that's the one I want least. No doubt in my mind by year 3 there is going to be significant decline.

lol we are of the same mind on this one

 

[Hellcat]

Fair to say Straw and Varsho have a similar skillset? Varsho being the better fielder?

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[EpochLink]

Of all the rumored players that's the one I want least. No doubt in my mind by year 3 there is going to be significant decline.

The Toronto Blue Jays have officially made an offer to free agent Alex Bregman

The Toronto Blue Jays have officially made an offer to free agent Alex Bregman according to MLB reporter Hector Gomez

www.bluejaysinsider.com

Looks like the Jays did make an offer, don’t know if he will accept.

 

[Tony Romo]

To be fair! If Alex Bregman is best friends with Kyle Tucker, it could make sense!

 

[phillipmike]

Fair to say Straw and Varsho have a similar skillset? Varsho being the better fielder?

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Miles Straw has the highest fielding percentage in MLB history.

Career Leaders &amp Records for Fielding % as OF | Baseball-Reference.com

Career Fld% Leaders:1.<strong>Myles Straw</strong>/.9967/, 2.Jon Jay/.9958/, 3.Darin Erstad/.9955/, 4.Brian Downing/.9954/, 5.Billy Hamilton/.9949/, Darryl Hamilton/.9949/, Desmond Jennings/.9949/, 8.Jacoby Ellsbury/.9947/, 9.Shane Victorino/.9945/, 10.<strong>Austin Ha

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Austin Hays better learn Canadian.

 

[Da Cool Rula]

I’m about to step into a meeting. So expect the signing to happen now

I thought it was the shower that worked?

 

[Kurtz]

I thought it was the shower that worked?

no better place to meet

 

[phillipmike]

I thought it was the shower that worked?

I will say i was in the shower when the Straw trade was reported. It was finalized when i was on a work call (i was supposed to be off today). So best of both worlds.

 

[WhyYouHaveToBeMad]

another thing I could see happening is he choose Dodgers but waiting for them to make trades to get more international money

 

[phillipmike]

another thing I could see happening is he choose Dodgers but waiting for them to make trades to get more international money

He could announce he is signing with the Dodgers now and they have until January 23rd to acquire IFA money.

I also wonder if the Jays got the IFA money as a hedge. If they sign Sasaki, great, they have the money. If not and he goes to the Dodgers and they need IFA money, you can offer it to the Dodgers for something you like.

 

[Woodman19]

I think whats happening is, we are watching a process that normally unfolds behind closed doors and because the signs point to good news for the Jays people will live and die by the rumours leaking out from no one in the know until it gets done.

 

[DackellDuck]

Sasaki to Dodgers confirmed. He posted on Instagram. Lol!

 

[Tony Romo]

Dodgers it is.

 

[phillipmike]

Sasaki a Dodger

 

[MK78]

Haha, as if there was any other outcome...

 

[tmlfan98]

Rogers is so unserious about properly running this ball club for allowing Shatkins to make a desperation trade like the Myles Shaw move as a lame duck executive duo.

 

[smitty10]

Ugh