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Originally Posted by JayP
Seems like click bait actually. Like was said, the Jays are offering the highest arbitration award ever. This will have no impact on future relations with Donaldson and is just the usual national sportswriters trying to stir the Blue Jays large online presence into a frenzy and get some page views. Happens every off-season.
Right - the Jays are going to trade off two star hitters in a year when they have a championship caliber line-up. It's possible they trade off one of them if things implode early and the Jays don't feel they can sign both guys next off-season, but I don't foresee any scenario where they trade both. It's absolutely hilarious to suggest they are going to trade Tulo/Donaldson on top of that too. Where is all this extra money going then?
Stop drinking the kool aid. Just because Shapiro is here doesn't mean the payroll is dropping down to $90 million. Fools were already claiming that would happen this off-season and the Jays have actually raised payroll (and significantly if you factor in the brutal Canadian dollar).
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Well they are not going to resign Bautista or Edwin if they aren't willing to open the wallet, and we all know that isn't going to happen, so they'd be foolish not to trade them. Even if they are contending, I'll guarantee you one of them will be going for that very reason. I can already see the Roger's media spin now. "We needed help with (insert position here), AA severely depleted our minor league systems so we couldn't sacrifice anymore, so we traded from a position of strength to make our team overall stronger".
Blame a guy who is no longer with the team, not have to answer the questions in the offseason on why he wasn't resigned, it's almost too perfect.
That said, cheap or not, the Jays have to move these guys in season if they aren't resigning them, contenders or not. They can't lose two guys like that for nothing to free agency.