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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
So when the Jays make a good move it is luck, when they don't they are cheapening out? That about sum it up?
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It takes the Jays ten moves to make one good one, that's the problem. So yes, it's essentially luck/odds. They dumpster dive so much that they are eventually going to get one that pans out. You don't take a chance like that when you are a contender, and with the Jays fanbase and the money they bring it, this shouldn't be a strategy they rely on. Fine to try it from time to time, but they rely on it to fill actual holes each and every year.
You want to give them credit for Saunders, fine, but that doesn't excuse them for not signing an elite bullpen arm to replace Hawkins/Lowe/Sanchez. Storen was essentially the only option the GM had given the fiscal restraints in play. They weren't going to be allowed to take on any more salary so they had to make it work with what they had.
People forget that Saunders was traded for JA Happ, who despite not performing the way he is now, seemed like an awful over payment for a career .230 hitter that was constantly injured. That move was also made out of financial necessity to cheaply fill the LF spot (Cabrera departure) and rid themselves of Happ's 6.7M contract.