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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
Quite honestly I don't get the hand-wringing. This is Rogers - we know what they've afforded the Jays over the course of their ownership.
The Jays are working under a budget, and Price was going to bust it. My theory is that's why their was quarrel between AA and Shapiro before AA's departure, and why I'm sure there is some truth to the rumor that Shapiro 'scolded' AA in September when they met. Not only was it prospect capital that AA gave up, but it was never a realistic dream to re-sign Price in Toronto without constructing a roster filled with gaping holes elsewhere.
Let's not forget that this is a hell of a team as it currently stands. They're much better than the one that started last season, and a couple of bullpen arms from being the odds on best in the division IMO. Things could be much worse, and have been over the course of our tenures as Jays fans over the past 20+ years.
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I think there's a lot of misunderstanding going on in this back and forth. Nobody is saying the Blue Jays won't be a very good baseball team, we're saying the way things are going we will likely be a 3rd place team, with the faint possibility of a wildcard spot.
Also, again with the "people are acting shocked like they don't know Rogers is like this, they need to understand they're a company that.....etc". Nobody in here doesn't understand how Rogers operates, trust me, we've been talking about it forever.
I guess some of us just had some hope that after 22 years with no playoffs and finally seeing a championship caliber roster, plus a $100mil windfall for Rogers that maybe just maybe we'd see them say "you know what this is incredible, the fan base is ready to explode with Blue Jays fever, we have a core that can do it again if we add and keep pace with the contenders, we have an extra $100mil, let's go for it!".
And they predictably aren't. And as much as I don't appreciate the shots of "Haha, these guys are like new hockey fans they don't understand how anything works, lulz!!!!!!", I do understand that we've shored up some minor positions with lots of money that suggests there isn't much left to spend, and baseball insiders seem to agree. Yes, the offseason works differently but now we're into trade only scenarios of making the team better after trading a lot of our good prospects to get us to contender status.
Could a trade be made that puts us up to contenders again? I guess so. Is it likely? Not really, unless we destroy another GM in a trade. But again, thanks for the condescending "new baseball fans" talk in this discussion guys. Yes, some of us might not have been following religiously (still watching though), but I think most of us have enough knowledge of the situation to join in discussion without the ****ty remarks.