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Originally Posted by 868904
I don't know if the Jays have really cheaped out since Shatkins took over. You can argue that letting Price walk is evidence, but honestly, he failed this team in the playoffs last year and his season thus far in Boston is really making Shatkins look really smart. Especially with how Happ is playing.
Based on what we've seen this year, Rogers definitely should NOT be opening the wallets for Bautista and Saunders. Edwin, yes maybe.
All year long, the Jays have been rumoured to be going after some power (see Jay Bruce) to replace the potential loss of Bautista and Saunders. With how things are going, I see Upton as Saunders replacement and I think that's at least a wash (Saunders has the better numbers so far, but Upton is far superior in the field).
They just need someone to replace Bautista and with the season he's had, that shouldn't be too difficult.
Rogers will never spend like the Yankees or Red Sox but to me they step up when the GM has asked for it. Look at how much salary they took on when they acquired Dickey and the Marlins a few years ago. Last year, they paid what some consider above market value for Martin. This deadline, they added Liriano's big contract and he might just end up as a bullpen piece. Even before recent history, they paid top dollar to guys like Delgado, Wells, Clemens, Halladay. Jays have always had premier and expensive players.
To me, they are spending money, they just aren't spending it recklessly like the Yankees, Red Sox, and Dodgers, but as has been proven, you don't need to spend like them to win the World Series.
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I think this is an excellent post.
There are only a few teams that can function like the Yankees - where it doesn't matter how much money you throw away, because the pool of cash is just endless.
The Jays have victimized themselves in the past by paying the wrong guys big cash (Wells, Hinske, Aaron Hill, Romero, etc).
They can't do that again. Nor can they take too short of view and overpay aging players. There needs to be balance.
This is the problem with MLB. There is still too much of a gap between what teams can and will spend.
Having a thinner lineup next year is better than having a better lineup only buy handing out contracts that are going to be prohibitive in the long-term.