I don't really understand the whole "at least make an offer" argument. If you can't make a legitimate offer what do you gain by making one at all? Everyone in the baseball world knew Price was getting 200 million or more and that never made sense for the Jays so why make an offer you know won't be accepted? I would argue offering him somethign like 5 years and 170 is more insulting that anything else because you know fell well he isn't turning down an extra 2 years and 40 million dollars.
No dobut in my mind that if AA was the GM it would have been the same thing. The Jays are not set up to add another 30 million to their payroll, not with Donaldson, Tulo and Martin going forward. i think to sign someone like Price you need an ulimited budget, Dodgers, or an array of cheaper/younger players like the Red Sox to be able to pull that off. Tying up 1/5 of your budget is 1 player is almost never smart business.
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