Quote:
Originally Posted by Parallex
You and I have vastly different definitions of "reasonable contract" and "best reliever".
Giving Soria 3/27 would be an awful awful contract. There are current free agent relief pitchers I would rather have then Soria... O'Day, Madson, Lowe... and I wouldn't give them 9M or 3 years. One of the best relievers in baseball? I wouldn't call him the best reliever on the Jays were he to sign in TO... hell, I wouldn't even call him the second best reliever on the Jays.
|
That's the going rate for a reliever of that quality. You either pay it, or you don't have them. Of the relievers you named, the only one I would take over Soria is O'Day, but that's only my opinion. 9 millions dollars a year over a short-term team is really not that much in MLB. Christ, Smoak just got 4M. Soria is better than anything the Blue Jays curently have, including Cecil. My opinion on Cecil not being as good as Soria may change if he can replicate last year's performance on a consistent basis. People forget what garbage Cecil was for the first half of the season. He probably cost the Jays 5-6 wins himself.
The Jays aren't spending money on starting pitching and have said they are focusing on the bullpen. Now there are reports from credible sources that says the Jays aren't really interest in adding any bullpen help if it costs them any money. So what the hell exactly are the Jays doing here?