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Originally Posted by jayswin
As negative as it sounds, it's very likely. As fun as this year was, a media giant as crappy as Rogers simply isn't going to be the Yankees and spend every year with pure desire to win championships.
Not to be very pessimistic but my view of the future isn't very optimistic. You heard rumblings this past season that players were starting to get vocal about their disdain for Rogers and their lack of commitment to winning, so they caved and allowed AA to go for it this year.
Imo, they never had plans to continue the spending no matter how much success came from it. So what will likely happen now is we'll be in the hole due to some of our stars becoming FA's, who'll be replaced by far less skilled players on a budget, which will in turn deflate and piss off the remaining stars. Then we'll likely see one or two of them traded because they don't want to be here. Bautista and Tulo come to mind.
I hope that's all wrong, but spaces between the lines so far this off season seem to be a little too clear, and I think we'll see the Yankees and Red Sox (who will likely reload this off season) go back to the strong one two punch in the AL east, and we'll go back to battling it out with the Oriels and Rays for nothing but maybe a faint shot a wild card.
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Bautista and Edwin are gone next year regardless. 2017 is when the budget cuts start. After next year without major spending and sudden willingness of players to work for Rogers, things are pretty bleak. No prospects left.
Also, I'm not so sure Rogers had anything to Do with this year's run. The more I think about it, the more I think Beeston said screw it I'm going out with a bang after the way you screwed me over and gave AA the go ahead. This is what lead the the friction between AA and Shapiro. This wasn't the plan at all when Shapiro was brought in. Rogers is hands off on baseball except for money. With all the moves the Jays made, they never really went above their budget. Reyes made more than Tulo, and adding Price and Revere was a short term salary pickup and AA had continually said they did have some room in their budget to add if need be. I'm not sure Rogers would be consulted at all so long as budget was left on track. As long as Beeston was good with it, they probably were.