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Originally Posted by Gozer
Based on what?
Giving away Rios and Rolen, letting AJ walk without replacing him, signing a veteran bat in a lineup that obviously needed it in a buyers market?
If anything I'd suggest its the opposite, they are are stripping their liabilities to increase resale value.
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Based on the fact that after the Thomas mess they still spent big money on guys.
They have given out big deals a lot over the past 5 years despite having these terrible contracts.
Giving away Rios was a fault of the GM not a fault of them not having enough money.
They were replacing AJ with one of their supposedly great young pitchers. After severly overpaying for him just a few years prior.
Rolen was dealt because he said he wanted to go somewhere else.
There are reports that the Blue Jays are willing to increase their spending next year. I don't how they have been hindered at all financially. If anything they have been guilty of being like the Red Sox and Yankees and paying guys big contracts and not worrying about whether they were worth it or not.
I have a hard time buying the argument that the Jays are at a disadvantage financially when they have had no problem at all overpaying for Thomas, Ryan, Burnett, Wells and Rios all in the past 4 years.