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Originally Posted by VERVE
If you really want a legit ace, you make an offer. That is the business world of sports. Everything is up for sale and negotiation. If the counter offer is too high and there is no way both parties can come to an agreement, then you walk. Simple. If you don't ask, you will never know especially if Price really enjoyed playing here. He could have taken a discount since all players were coming back from last year. BoSox's offer was ridiculous and probably Price was not expecting that but desperate teams do desperate things. For the Jays, what was there to lose except an answer of "No thanks". I guess the Jays does not want Price that bad afterall.
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This doesn' tmake alot of sense. First off the Boston offer was not that ridiculous as Scherzer set the market last year with his 7 year 200 million deal so you knew Price was getting at least that. So if you weren't prepared to offer close to that you weren't getting Price, everyone in baseball knows that so why bother wasting your time to put together an offer that you know will not be accepted? The Jays would have had to been at last in the ball park of 7 years and 200 million and I bet they, very smartly I might add, never wanted to go close to 7 years or that much more than 170 million. I think you are insulting someine if you offer them 30 million dollars less than someone else.