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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
I mean could it be Jays PR? Maybe but of course it just as easily can be Greinke's agent trying to drive up his price by making it seem like interest is very high and that there may be a bidding war. Works both ways.
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It's the same BS story each year. The go to play in the Jays/Rogers playbook. Canadian media reports Jays interested in "Name your High priced talent here". They always choose someone who will in no way, shape, or form sign in Toronto, and even in the odd circumstance they would, they don't even offer in the stratosphere of what the other teams are offering. I think it was Garza a couple of years that flat out called them on it. Someone asked him about the Jays, and he said they let alone didn't offer him a deal, they never even talked to him about playing in Toronto. It was widely reported by our friends in Rogers media that the Jays were in to the end on him.
Fact of the matter is, Jays have a chance to resign Price (likely would have to pay more, but he knows the market and seemed happy). It's A lot of easier to sign someone that knows what they are getting in to than some US guy whose never played in Canada before. They have no intentions of signing David Price though, and rather than just admitting that they've jumped on the Greinke train through the media so that in a few months time they can say "Hey, we tried. We targeted Greinke over Price for X reasons, and he chose to go elsewhere."
If Greinke's agent is starting a bidding war, he sure is hell isn't going to do so by floating the Jays name out there. They aren't getting in a bidding war for anyone and everyone in MLB knows it.