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Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
So? Every other team hands them out, why not the Blue Jays. If they don't, they'll never get over the hump. Money and term should not be an issue with the Jays. It's total BS. This team is averaging 40K a game and it isn't even the August run yet. The only teams with higher attendance are the Cardinals, Giants, and Dodgers (they fip flop for 4th with the Cubs).
I would bet the merchandise sales are astronomical. You don't go anywhere in this country without seeing a Blue Jays shirt or hat on every 10th person. Christ, you don't even go to the US anymore without seeing one. Look at the friggen road attendance for the Jays. Half of those stadiums would be empty if it wasn't for the Jays fans.
The fact that Jays fans have to sit their and rationalize why they aren't re-signing one of their stars is an absolute ####ing joke. This isn't a baseball decision, it's a Rogers decision. If the Jays wanted to resign Saunders, Bautista, and Edwin to huge contracts, they should have the resources to do so. Had they resigned Edwin in the off-season like they should have, they actually would have saved money because he's going to get even more term and money now that he's killing it once again.
Did any of you catch the piece on the Fan 960 on Monday? I couldn't believe they ran it on a sportsnet channel (must have been one of their purchased programs and not in house). They were saying that the Jays are currently in hot water with MLB. The reason being that MLB is claiming they are not reporting TV revenue properly with respect to the baseball team. Essentially, the Blue Jays cry poor while holding all their tv revenue (which is the biggest form for most MLB teams) and not giving the Jays any credit. Not sure why MLB cares, but apparently they do now. I've been looking fro this interview for a few days now to post here, but I can't find it anywhere on the Fan 960 site.
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For the reason, Jays are a budget team, I understand they have higher revenues this year. I would guess their internal budget will still exist.
I suspect his new contract will be around 22m to 25m per season.
I would guess the Jays can really only afford to sign 1 of EE or Jose.
Not sure, the Jays will try to resign EE.