Toronto Blue Jays Offseason and Free Agency ？

Weiwei888

If there are any Blue Jay fans here I would like to wonder how they feel about the past few days seeing all the big contracts and other teams making big off-season moves while seeing Toronto stagnant since they traded Teoscar Hernendez to Seattle, do you think head office is making a big enough push or are players genuinely not interested in coming to Toronto?

shagmate

Seems like Jays will not be signing any big free agents.  They gotta grow their own home grown talent.

Weiwei888

It's very frustrating seeing the team not sign anyone to fix the problems they have like the bullpen and starting rotation is questionable after Manoah and Gausman, I don't know if Jose Berrios will pitch like the ace he was supposed to be when we traded for him, Kukuchi is literally a guessing game when he starts and Ryu being injured for an entire season with the big contract and his age and health. There are so many problems to address and with players being signed daily off free agency I don't think the Jays will have a solid team in the coming season to make a significant push even if they made playoffs.
I agree that they need to grow their own talent but that might take a couple years but the direction of the team is they gotta do it soon, Springer isn't getting any younger, bichette and vlad have their new contract negotiations soon so by the time our farm system is MLB ready team might be going in opposite direction.

shagmate

That's the problem with being a Canadian team, most good players don't want to play up North, happens in NHL and NBA too.  We gotta overpay them to consider or get low end A to B talent.

Did Rogers say their check book is open for business?

Weiwei888

rogers will never open their books as wide as the other teams, we also pay a lot more for talent like you said which is frustrating

shagmate

Can you imagine Rogers handing out 40M/year contract, aka Judge, lol
Honestly, if I was a player I would not want to play in Canada too.  In USA you get some States with no State Tax and advertising dollar is far greater.  Playing in the majors is like winning the lottery, gotta cash in.

Weiwei888

Yes they already pay less tax in the states, like you said house is cheaper too, any major league sport playing in the states always better, I'm not 100% sure but I think you pay USA and Canada tax if you're Canadian citizenship, and as for Jays paying 40/year I don't even think they will offer that to Vlad Jr the furthest they go maybe 25-30/year and bichette who is one of the worst defensive shortstops in the game will want something similar

shagmate

They definitely gotta keep Vlad Jr around, how many more years we can afford him?

Weiwei888

shagmate 发表于 2022-12-14 01:10
They definitely gotta keep Vlad Jr around, how many more years we can afford him?

Vlad Jr is in his final year before trade negotiations I think, same with bichette I believe but bichette really needs improvement for defense so many errors last year

shagmate

Damn, enjoy Vlad Jr which you can.  I have a strong feeling he is done with TO as soon as he can leave, and I am sure there are many teams down south willing to overpay this guy.