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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
OK so by that standard.
Opening day roster salaries:
2015: #10
2014: #10
2013: #9
Prior to that they were much lower but the last 3 years they have been in the top 10 - which shows a consistent pattern. So what's the issue?
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That pattern is exactly what the problem is. They spend 5-7 years sucking with a bottom third payroll until fan support and attendance hit Lows. Jays fans start bitching to the point where it is negatively effecting the Rogers Brand. In response Rogers will open the Wallet and trade made all their high end prospects to bring in immediate help but never enough to win the whole thing (they start seasons with 1-2 major holes that could easily be fixed by spenimg an extra 10-15m.) they ride that waive until those deals run out, and start from scratch again.
They need to completely act like a small market, build from within, and Just admit it to their fans, or join the big boys through free agency. They are in in the middle of the two and it absolutely kills the franchise. Two steps forward, three steps back. When you add the complete spins stories they run through sportsnet, it creates a toxic atmosphere.
This whole spending era of the past 3 years started as a direct response to the Jays fans completely having enough. It was to the point where you could cut the tension with a knife in Toronto. No on could have cared less about the Jays. They went out an gutted their system for a bunch of big names and it never made any sense because as a whole the team was still full of holes. Thankfully they fixed the situation last year (personally I think they could have easily fixed the problem in 2014 at the trade deadline but Rogers would not increase the budget).
Now that they have a good team and have the funds to keep it together and add though, they'll repeat the process and be a bottom third spender.
I see people throw the 9 and 10 in spending around, but that's really not a good representation. There's not much difference between what #9 spends in MLB through 17-18. There is a huge leap in the top 7 though.