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

[dubplatepressure]

Meh. Still time to turn the offseason around.

 

[Amadeus]

this was 100% expected.

whats happening in pro sports now is wild, i remember looking up to athletes as a kid and having favorite players from my team, now most teams cant compete unless their star players are on 1st contracts and unable to ask to be traded, rich or important teams are allowed to make up rules as they go along, and the franchise altering athletes are able to demand where they play(whether or not the are even FAs). pretty sad..most fans wont be able to identify with athletes today, most are more concerned with their branding than they are with their actual performance as players. its all going to shit.

If the Blue Jays were half decent, maybe we would have had a shot.

Anyway, the allure of having two superstar Japanese and a great team was probably too much to pass up. I honestly don't care anymore!

 

[Cloned]

Cruel but not unexpected

 

[EpochLink]

Hahahahahahaha

I knew it, but no fear everyone….Alex Bregman, you are a Toronto Blue Jay!!!!

 

[Vector]

The most obvious and boring outcome imaginable.

 

[ER89]

f*** Sasaki ohtani and the didgers

 

[WeThreeKings]

Good news is i can quit following baseball. Super team bullshit isn't fun for anyone but one fan base.

 

[Woodman19]

Yeah now comes the plethora of toxic contracts for in decline players as the final vestige of a front office trying to save their job. The kind that will prevent the next one from being able to do anything for years.

 

[djdev]

If the Blue Jays were half decent, maybe we would have had a shot.

Anyway, the allure of having two superstar Japanese and a great team was probably too much to pass up. I honestly don't care anymore!

lol nobody had a shot except the dodgers, its a huge joke.

 

[Bjindaho]

Toronto is now paying CBT to add Hoffmann, Garcia, Gimenez and Straw while losing Romano and Horwitz

 

[Woodman19]

Toronto is now paying CBT to add Hoffmann, Garcia, Gimenez and Straw while losing Romano and Horwitz

I would fire them for that alone.

 

[Discoverer]

I'm glad he's in the NL, but the Dodgers just getting everyone they want is so goddamn boring.

 

[Bjindaho]

It's not losing Sasaki that hurts (that was expected). It is acquiring Straw (who isn't a major leaguer) and his awful contract for no reason that does.

 

[Amadeus]

I'm glad he's in the NL, but the Dodgers just getting everyone they want is so goddamn boring.

They have the money. They have the team worth playing for. They also happen to be LA.

This isn't a Milwaukee or Cleveland as far as a city goes so yea. Can't compete with that!

It just sucks to be on the losing end all the time with this management group! They probably all need therapy by now!

 

[Blitzkrug]

Garbage front office.

You willingly took on Myles Straw's contract despite not knowing if Sasaki was a sure thing.

Trash. Trash. TRASH.

 

[ER89]

lol nobody had a shot except the dodgers, its a huge joke.

Mickey mouse ass rings

 

[Woodman19]

Well one positive thing of the Shapiro era is we learned Rogers will spend serious money on the team. Now let's get a front office in here that knows how to spend it so we aren't paying $100 million for a glove.

 

[cyris]

Bridesmaids again….
So are Shatkins still secretly working for the Guardians?
We took 110 of terrible contracts of their hands and actually paid to do it.

 

[MK78]

Meh. Still time to turn the offseason around.

Yeah, positive regression and all.

 

[Woodman19]

I'm gonna be so pissed off if we hand out multi year deals to a Santander/Bregman/Alonso at this point. Ownership needs to take the car keys out of their hands since they won't rip up the license.

We are the drunk guy trying to take home a 2 at 3am, nothing about it is a good idea.

 

[Bjindaho]

Well one positive thing of the Shapiro era is we learned Rogers will spend serious money on the team. Now let's get a front office in here that knows how to spend it so we aren't paying $100 million for a glove.

Too bad they appear headed towards letting Vlad and Bo walk (and a possible 2nd straight last place finish at the same time).

 

[tmlfan98]

Like guys seriously....these effing clowns took on most of Myles Straw's garbage contract, putting us into the CBT with this trade, WITHOUT assurances Sasaki was a Jay.

Shatkins literally did it out of desperation. Rogers actually has to fire these idiots, and if they don't, they will never beat the allegations that they don't actually care about winning.

 

[Woodman19]

The next score notification I get about the Jays better be announcing a firing.

 

[canucksfan]

Losing him is understandable but getting Straw while not ensuring Sasaki was a sure thing is dumb.

Won’t be watching much baseball. Jays will suck and the Dodgers are annoying.

 

[Woodman19]

Losing him is understandable but getting Straw while not ensuring Sasaki was a sure thing is dumb.

Won’t be watching much baseball. Jays will suck and the Dodgers are annoying.

That's exactly it, they basically just gifted Cleveland $100 million this offseason, like what I'm the effing f***?. How are the bean counters at Rogers not livid?