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Originally Posted by cross16
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.
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I beg to differ. Boston's offer was ridiculous esp for the length of the contract. He is untradable with age. You missed my point. Scherzer's salary is structured way differently than Price's in Boston. Scherzer salary (10MM,15MM,15MM,15MM,35MM,35,35) and the bulk of it (105MM) is paid over a period through 2028 (not necessarily better either). The parameters I outlined for Price to sign here could allow for a discount. If the Jays had offered first at 25 million per season and Price's agent could come back at 28MM (who knows). Price's salary jumps from 7.5MM to ex. 28MM is not insulting.
"The Blue Jays were the biggest surprise. David would've absolutely gone back there," McKinnis said on Sunday. "That was the toughest part of this and I'm surprised we did not get an offer.
"He had a wonderful time there and the bulk of the club is back there and he would've enjoyed being with them."
The Jays were simply not that interested in signing Price. They rather spend the money on average upgrades over areas in their current line-up particularly pitching. So now the Jays' will get average pitching (like 1 to 2 years before) without a bonafide ace in the rotation. So as their batting line-up ages ie Bautista and EE, our window for post season advancement closes more and more.