Quote:
Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
If I'm Bautista, this tells me they have no intention of bringing me back and now want me to sacrifice my own personal stats in a contract year for a team that has no long term plans for me. This is a guy who likely has one of the biggest ego's in baseball.
I really think there's a decent chance he gets moved before the deadline.
|
Not to rag on your opinion, but I know that you're opinion about JoeyBats having THE BIGGEST ego in baseball stemmed from that one ugly encounter of him outside of the field.
Personally, I think Bats is an outstanding leader to his ballclub, heck even his own teammates attested to this OVER and OVER and OVER again. I couldn't give a rats ass if he treats fans poorly. Or maybe you just caught him on a bad day.
But this is a guy that was one of the biggest supporters of deffering contract for the Jays to land Ervin Santana a couple of years ago, a guy who has recently paid off both teams' meals (home&away) when he was on Class A and Buffalo for rehab assignment, a guy who -despite being verbal about being a true RF- never complained in public once about playing other positions (and oh i watch a lot of Jays games, he has played 3B and 1B previously), and a guy who was one of the key players in turning around this season when he came up to Gibby and suggested that he will help this 2016 team by batting leadoff in a contract year.
You keep on stating, like it's a fact, that Jose has a huge ego...but the truth of the matter is, on that one day you had that specific interaction with Mr. Bautista, the only ego that got bruised is yours buddy. I tend to think, as do most BJ's fan that Jose is an outstanding ballplayer and teammate. If he is a ###### outside of the field, the only person that seems to care constantly is you TAO. I'm not trolling my friend, just please stop with the whole Jose Bautista = "biggest ego in all of baseball" propaganda man.
I'd love to see this amazing baseball player retire in a Jays uni and play out the rest of his career in white&blue, but for the right term and price. It sucks that he developed late in his career, but if we are talking about Bats as a baseball player and what he can do in the game, I'm sorry but he is a premium position player that deserves to get paid. That's a fact that you can hopefully sink your teeth on.
BTW, I don't think we'll hear anything from Bautista splitting time with BJ Upton in RF. He needs constant off days to gauge that broken toe and we all know how meticulous Bats is in keeping his body in prime working condition.