SAN DIEGO – You can hear some pretty interesting and juicy things in the hallways during baseball’s winter meetings, ranging from the obvious to the absurd, from fact to fiction.
We’ll skip parsing the words there, especially on the mandatory caveat. Their degree isn’t the same as the New York Yankees’ degree, which is the kind that drops $324 million over nine years to land all-world right-hander Gerrit Cole.
Hyun-Jin Ryu remains the big prize – they dreamt about a Cole scenario that was never going to happen – and a tweet from Ken Rosenthal indicating the Los Angeles Dodgers will now pivot to Madison Bumgarner perhaps helps the Blue Jays on that front.
But their financial flexibility won’t disappear in a year or two, either, since changes to the way the Blue Jays operate on the business side means they should be able to spend beyond the club record payrolls in the $160 million range if they are contending again.
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BlueJays ShiDavidi Good luck no body wants to sign in TO.
BlueJays ShiDavidi Watch out! Genius at work!
BlueJays ShiDavidi Same promises with no results. Typical Blue Jay's. Keep jacking up.those ticket prices to watch a bunch of losers.
BlueJays ShiDavidi Signing middle of the pack average pitchers like Roark, or Miley and rolling out same IF/OF players ain't going to do a damn thing. Adding a fringe player like T. Shaw, or Sogard, or something like that won't do it. Don't need sexy names, but seriously need some elite talent !
BlueJays ShiDavidi They both need to go away.
BlueJays ShiDavidi Lure Tulo out of retirement
BlueJays ShiDavidi Are these idiots ever getting fired?
BlueJays ShiDavidi Is it possible some good players no longer would even want to play as a Blue, given this duo's attitudes?
BlueJays ShiDavidi I've been extremely patient with this regime. Understood and accepted that a rebuild takes time and that last season would suck. Which it did, but not as much as I thought. I knew Cole was never going to happen. But I'm getting real tired of just talk.
BlueJays ShiDavidi theres an old saying....'show me the money'... and these guys are content to not do so in there endeavor of finding players
BlueJays ShiDavidi Blue Jay's management is horrid...they will say / do just enough to keep fan base happy and interested but never enough to make them a contender....blue Jay's can afford to pay big dollars to lure a pitcher or 2 in but won't and then blame the market being over priced....
BlueJays ShiDavidi Just realizing this now? Did he miss the last two seasons?
BlueJays ShiDavidi Rolling out the same old bullshit. Phiff Bluejaywillbeajokeagain
BlueJays ShiDavidi Not possible when a few teams will overpay.
BlueJays ShiDavidi Talk remains cheap
BlueJays ShiDavidi Ahhhhhhh duhhhhhhhhh
BlueJays ShiDavidi Fakes...get them outta here
BlueJays ShiDavidi Then fucking do something, ANYTHING productive
BlueJays ShiDavidi Then do it. Stop pretending