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Originally Posted by jayswin
That had to have been one of the more random re-signings in Blue Jays history.
It wasn't even a "well, you're alright and we could use you so here's next to nothing if you want a contract", it was a "Yes, we like you, you're our guy so here's decent money" contract.
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It's not really a decent money contract though for MLB standards. That's basically bottom of the barrel pay for a first basemen. First base is the highest paid position in baseball outside of starting pitcher. It's just basically a cheap first base replacement, which is incredibly aggravating because Smoak can't even pinch hit if they do go out and spend some money on 1B. Just a complete waste. I hope to christ our starting first basemen isn't Smoak next year. I would tolerate it if it meant keeping Edwin at DH.