Blue Jays Discussion: Off-season Edition II - Winter Meeting Madness

[Maple Leaf]

Any role for Masai Ujiri as senior consultant?

 

[Ale Brew]

Hopefully as the big free agents are all signing and we miss out, we dont over react and pay big for a plan B. Still time for a pitcher in free agency, and trade options may be best bet from a team payroll perspective.. The guys worth overpaying are gone from the position players available.

Maybe we haven’t missed out on our plan A yet? Just because we had some interest in Heaney, Bellenger, Verlander doesn’t mean they were our first choice. Here’s hoping we’re close on Sengai, Rodon, or Nimmo (at the right price).

No need to panic yet. We might even have a trade lined up.

 

[hockeywiz542]

 

[saska sault]

Maybe we haven’t missed out on our plan A yet? Just because we had some interest in Heaney, Bellenger, Verlander doesn’t mean they were our first choice. Here’s hoping we’re close on Sengai, Rodon, or Nimmo (at the right price).

No need to panic yet. We might even have a trade lined up.

For sure. We should still be in the mix for the remaining top arms and outfielders.. Just don't want to see a reaction signing that effects future pay roll too much, all for going for whatever they view as their targets. International free agent pitching makes me nervous.. Especially if they want 5 to 6 years buuuuut its not my money so go for it.

 

[trellaine201]

Pretty sure we will end up with Springers buddy and left handed hitter and fielder Brantley.

 

[SoupNazi]

Would have loved Bellinger but not at that price.

Apparently it's $12m for the season and a $5.5 buyout on a mutual option, but yeah, that's insane that he managed to get nearly what he would have in arb.

 

[Bjindaho]

Plan A for me is Nimmo, one of Conforto/Gallo, trade for SP and an RP like Reyes

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Pretty sure we will end up with Springers buddy and left handed hitter and fielder Brantley.

Eh not nearly as interested as I was two years ago.

 

[phillipmike]

I have a feeling we will sign Brantley and a starter and use a catcher to get a CF.

 

[dredeye]

One is not like the other

Shhhhhh

 

[ER89]

Seems pretty straight forward now:

Step 1: Sign nimmo - if he's too expensive a C for Nootbar to get your OF or reynolds for orelvis if cherington is silly enough to accept
Step 2: Trade for pablo - may not be possible depending on which C is traded above
Step 3: Sign an FA pitcher that can be a serviceable 4
Step 4: Get bullpen help
Step 5: profit?


In all seriousness though - i would have been fun to nab trea turner. Not that his contract is palatable, but those slides to home are so smooth lmao

 

[Blitzkrug]

Like the Bellinger deal for the Cubs. Low risk for a team probably still a year away from seriously competing and in theory its a low pressure environment for him to try and find his form.

One name off the list, another one may have appeared in his place;


Left handed bat with a career .970 OPS in Japan. Hits the ball hard (by NPB standards), walks a boatload as well. Only problem is his defense is allegedly trash to the point he's bad even in the corners and likely projects more of a DH so uhhhhhhh welcome to Philly?

I'm not too concerned yet. Bellinger was like a plan b, or maybe even c at best. Still plenty of names out there via signing or trade (which i think is the more likely option)

Edit: over the last three seasons Yoshida has 213 walks and 96 strikeouts. Should be interesting to see what kind of market develops around him.

 

[phillipmike]

Carlos reporting both Judge and Correra to the Giants.

 

[Blitzkrug]

Carlos reporting both Judge and Correra to the Giants.

God damn.

On the chance this is true, i wonder what this means for Marco Luciano. He was the Giants guy of the future at Shortstop as soon as 2023 and now he's about to potentially been displaced for the next half decade+

Move him to 2nd or 3rd i guess?

 

[TheMadHatTrick]

I really wish we could dump Kikuchi. That's 11 million wasted that could go to a more useful player.

I wonder if Cleveland would move Tanner Bibee for Jansen.

 

[Canada4Gold]

Carlos reporting both Judge and Correra to the Giants.

Giants are signing everyone

 

[Canada4Gold]

Pirates get the 1st overall pick. Top draft prospect for now is a college outfielder. Even more reason to trade Reynolds

 

[Emerica]

 

[Ale Brew]

Wonder how much Dombroski gave Taiwan…

WOW! $71M over 4

 

[Canada4Gold]

Yeah that's way too much for Walker

 

[Woodman19]

Wonder how much Dombroski gave Taiwan…

WOW! $71M over 4

 

[Dr.Funk]

Dombrowski is getting taken advantage of at the winter meetings/

 

[SDig14]

At this rate, Senga is going to get like Ray/Gausman money, ha.

 

[Scotianhab]

Trade for Pablo Lopez & Brian Reynolds. Trade any prospect not named Tiedmann

 

[phillipmike]

Be thankful we signed Gausman and to an extent Berrios last year.

In comparison, Gausman at $22M and Berrios at $16M is a steal considering Walker just got $18M.

Even Kikuchi at $10M the next two years isn’t bad. He got $39M to Walker’s $71M.

That Strip QO doesn’t look so silly anymore. He has to get at least $45M/3 years now