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

[smitty10]

Again the bridesmaid lol

There are 29 bridesmaids for every player. Only 1 team can sign them.

Luckily we've married our fair share of good players so far this year. 44HR, future HoF, closer, etc.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Meh, he wanted to go back to the Mets. So be it. We couldn't beat that offer? Of course we could, but looks like he decided being with the Mets is the best thing for him.

 

[smitty10]

Well the going theory is Boras was playing teams against each other knowing at least one was going to the Jays

If they can't get Bregman, i'm not really sure what other avenues they have to upgrade the lineup.

Although I'll be pumped if we get Bregman, is he really the guy we need? That contract (rumored at 6 years) is going to be rough at the end. Bregman is already starting to decline. Likely why Houston hasn't upped their offer.

I think he wants to be an Astro. Situation similar to Alonso. May take less to stay where he's comfortable.

I think it's more likely we pivot to the trade market. Could be better for us long term too.

 

[Hellcat]

He was never coming here and Boras once again used the Jays as a way to maximize his clients AAV. Eventually even the dumbest GM should catch on that he is being played.

Bregman is not coming here either. He's going tot he Cubs. So lets stop playing games, come out and say that you are not perusing Bregman.

Lets move on, this 85 win team will be super exciting to not watch, I'm sure there is something on Prime, Netflix, Paramount, Disney+, Apple+, Hulu, MGM, StackTV, YouTube, so on and so on that would be more entertaining...

This putz is going to lose Vlad and Bo for nothing, pretending this team has a chance at the playoffs, just to protect his job for one more season. About as self-serving as a GM can get.

 

[Nineteen67]

He was never coming here and Boras once again used the Jays as a way to maximize his clients AAV. Eventually even the dumbest GM should catch on that he is being played.

Bregman is not coming here either. He's going tot he Cubs. So lets stop playing games, come out and say that you are not perusing Bregman.

Lets move on, this 85 win team will be super exciting to not watch, I'm sure there is something on Prime, Netflix, Paramount, Disney+, Apple+, Hulu, MGM, StackTV, YouTube, so on and so on that would be more entertaining...

This putz is going to lose Vlad and Bo for nothing, pretending this team has a chance at the playoffs, just to protect his job for one more season. About as self-serving as a GM can get.

It’s a flawed strategy to need so many FA to field a contending team. Even if they filled the holes you don’t know how they’re going to mesh.

 

[Amadeus]

He was never coming here and Boras once again used the Jays as a way to maximize his clients AAV. Eventually even the dumbest GM should catch on that he is being played.

Bregman is not coming here either. He's going tot he Cubs. So lets stop playing games, come out and say that you are not perusing Bregman.

Lets move on, this 85 win team will be super exciting to not watch, I'm sure there is something on Prime, Netflix, Paramount, Disney+, Apple+, Hulu, MGM, StackTV, YouTube, so on and so on that would be more entertaining...

This putz is going to lose Vlad and Bo for nothing, pretending this team has a chance at the playoffs, just to protect his job for one more season. About as self-serving as a GM can get.

Boras wasn’t successful. Just look at the deal he signed.

 

[landy92mack29]

It was obvious Alonso only wanted to be a Met so can't force someone to come. I'm also warry of Bregman long term so rather bring in a Moncada type or simply see if the kids can step up. I would go after Robert on the sox though, trade some of the pitching prospects that can't stay healthy if Sox want to bet on upside.

 

[rojac]

Are the Jays being used or are they just a lot of players' "safety school?"

 

[Avilaj07]

To Toronto-
Tatis Jr
Cease

To Padres-
Bassitt
Martinez
Tiedemann
Nimmala
Bloss

 

[Discoverer]

It was obvious Alonso only wanted to be a Met so can't force someone to come. I'm also warry of Bregman long term so rather bring in a Moncada type or simply see if the kids can step up. I would go after Robert on the sox though, trade some of the pitching prospects that can't stay healthy if Sox want to bet on upside.

The Mets offered him three years and he turned it down in favour of a shorter deal with an opt out after one year. That doesn't exactly scream "only wants to be a Met".

 

[phillipmike]

 

[Amadeus]

Bring that man on board.

 

[Dr.Funk]

Yeah lets just go with Moncada on a 1 year deal.

 

[Anthrax442]

To Toronto-
Tatis Jr
Cease

To Padres-
Bassitt
Martinez
Tiedemann
Nimmala
Bloss

I'd do this

 

[trellaine201]

Give bregman 10 years $150M lol

 

[Ale Brew]

Hector Gomez just responded to Knightingale saying the Jays have a 6 year offer on the table for Bregman.

 

[habamillions]

Hector Gomez just responded to Knightingale saying the Jays have a 6 year offer on the table for Bregman.

Yeah thats beem the rumor for over a month now. Clearly he is waiting for something else to come to fruition

 

[Hellcat]

Boras wasn’t successful. Just look at the deal he signed.

Didn't he get $30 mil per?

 

[mikeyz]

 

[Discoverer]

Didn't he get $30 mil per?

He got one year for $30 million... not exactly the $150+ million he went into the offseason looking for.

I don't think it's necessarily a bad deal for Alonso, but taking a short term deal with an opt out is clearly a backup plan when a Boras client can't get what he's looking for.

 

[habamillions]

Jays would have to give him like 7 years like he wants and 30 plus mil per year. That is if even if he even wants to play in toronto

 

[Rude Dog]

The longer it went the more you realize he didn’t want to come north and was waiting as long as he could.

Yeah thats beem the rumor for over a month now. Clearly he is waiting for something else to come to fruition

Yeah, that alone would make me hesitate. He doesn't want to be here unless he is out of options.

 

[Hellcat]

He got one year for $30 million... not exactly the $150+ million he went into the offseason looking for.

I don't think it's necessarily a bad deal for Alonso, but taking a short term deal with an opt out is clearly a backup plan when a Boras client can't get what he's looking for.

He is now the highest paid 1B, the 12th highest paid position player, with an opt out for next year that allows him to go to market again, kinda a great deal

 

[Discoverer]

He is now the highest paid 1B, the 12th highest paid position player, with an opt out for next year that allows him to go to market again, kinda a great deal

Sure, and that's clearly not what he wanted.

There's a reason players take less AAV over longer terms. This is something Alonso settled for, not what he was trying to get.

 

[Vector]

Remember that levsources twitter account that claims to be an insider? The one that proclaimed Sasaki was signed with the Blue Jays then deleted their account when wrong? Well they reactivated their account afterwards and started claiming that Alonso was signing with the Blue Jays. Guess what they just did again?