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Originally Posted by waner
Again you focus on Canada. It wasn't an issue in 92/93 when the Jays were winning and handing out big money. It is lack of term/winning that is hurting the Jays signing of FAs.
How many big time UFAs have signed with an bad team for less than 5 years? FAs are looking for money and winning and AA is offering neither.
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And again you continue to link 92/93 to 2014. I understand that if the Jays were World Series favourites year in and year out, it'd make things more attractive. But those days are gone. The parody in the MLB is probably greater than ever. Small market clubs can now compete, and are attractive to free agents. This isn't 92/93, though it wasn't exactly what you were getting at.
I found this quote on the internet today - "Peter Gammons, who quite interestingly looks at the historic difficulty the Jays have had in enticing free agents. “It’s hard to get players to come here by choice,” said the Jays’ GM, “and Toronto is one of the greatest cities in the world.” That GM? Pat Gillick." So was Gillick wrong too?