Score notification that the Jays plan to offer EE a long term deal. No ####.
Terrible for the Jays to be leaking that sort of story now to get that out there for public consumption. Maybe that sort of ploy works in Cleveland but give EE some respect.
He didn't want to negotiate all year and now the Jays are leaking this info when everyone is engaged and excited in playoff run, to try and get a head start on negations and the PR upper hand. And by upper hand, I mean softening the blow for when he leaves, where Shapiro throws his arms in the air and said, well, as you all know we tried before the Alcs but he didn't want to stay in Toronto so we're absolved of all blame that he's signed in Boston.
Hope I'm wrong but the timing of this stinks and reeks of alterior motives from the Jays before the season is even over, with a huge series ahead.
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