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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
They didn't lose Halladay because of salary, but moreso because he didn't believe they would be a team competing for a playoff spot in the next few seasons within the AL East.
Realisticaly if AA is as smart as he seems to be, he'll be keeping the Halladay types for their first 2 or so years where they could be UFA by giving them 5 year deals when they first get into the arbitration years and than letting those guys walk after that.
As you suggest, money isn't really the issue for the Blue Jays so much as the means in which they've used it. They need to be a lot smarter with it than pretty much anyone else in Baseball if they want to be able to beat teams like Boston and the Yankees.
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Yes you are correct. Why keep that contract for a team going nowhere and lose him in FA?
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Originally Posted by flambers
I would say the Jays need to follow the Tampa Ray's path as the only way to be competitive with the Yank's. Hopefully they continue to sign players from Latin America etc...
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Blue Jays can do better than the Tampa Bay model. Toronto can have twice the salary. Tampa has had to get rid of some players, like Kazmir and I'm not sure they can keep Carl Crawford after this season. Toronto has enough money that in the future, they'd be able to lock someone like a Crawford.
That's the single thing that dissapointed me the most about JP's tenure. He doesn't believe in Latin American players. Which in Toronto doesn't make sense since alot of American players don't want to play in Toronto.
So I think JP totally handcuff himself.
Not saying that the Blue Jays should become the FIBA Toronto Craptors, but it's definitely a market that cannot be ignored. The Blue Jays are famous for being the first to crack into that market in the 80s.