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Originally Posted by JayP
Don't listen to the people losing their minds - they have no idea what they're talking about. It's barely December and people are acting like this is the final roster. Spring training is 3 months away.
It's just a lot of converted hockey fans that don't realize the baseball off-season is very different than the hockey off-season. Hockey revolves around July 1st and to a lesser extent the couple weeks after - then there's a complete dead period in August where nothing happens. Baseball will have trades and signings filter down from November and into January. It's a lot more drawn out.
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Exactly.
It's one of the dumbest things about hockey, GMs not negotiating and blowing their load on July 1.
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Originally Posted by jayswin
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.
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I was saying there were no budget constraints when AA was GM. After awhile Rogers got tired of it and hired Shapiro for this reason. So there was no way AA would be around to make an offer to Price (it's a make-believe situation). There are definitely budget constraints now. Rogers actually should have fired AA on July 1 when they signed Shapiro or make AA President and GM and continue to give him an unlimited budget.
Rogers chose to reign in the budget and hired Shapiro without firing AA which caused this awkward situation.