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Originally Posted by fleury
I'm highly sceptical of Price's agents words. Maybe he wants to drive home a point to the Jays, but I'm not fully buying it. There's dialogue before offers are made. How do we not know that there wasn't talk about what the player and agent thought their client was worth? I find it hard to believe it took them as a surprise. If Price and co were sincere they'd say this was the price he'd be willing to sign for as a discount. The fact that hasn't come out kinda raises an alarm. Jays are cheap, no doubt. But there's more to the story than the agent saying the Jays didn't make an offer. If he was willing to take a discount for $31M, I'm glad the Jays didn't make an offer. He's simply not worth it.
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I'm willing to take his words at face value considering he just got his client signed to a long term deal, there's nothing left to gain by putting out false information. It also fits with what most people figured....
whether it was $28mil, 6 years or $31mil, 7 years, the Blue Jays simply weren't interested in paying big money for an Ace, and despite Girlysports saying there's no budget restraints (not sure how she could possibly think that) this was simply a budget decision, and with the winning suitor being Boston, likely a budget decision that separates a playoff team from a non playoff team.