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Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
Yup, it's a little over 17M I think.
Bautista will not take less than 3 years on a contract of 20M per. Someone will probably be stupid enough to give him it to him as well. I bet he ends up in the National League on someone like the Diamondbacks.
I don't think Jose's ego will allow him not to be an every day right fielder.
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Originally Posted by TheoFleury
I doubt anyone is offering Bautista two years, much less three. His game has gone downhill a bit, which is understandable given his age. I could see him taking the 17m.
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I think a lot of it will depend on whether or not the Jays win it all this year and how much he wants to stay in TO. Probably also depends on what teams (if any) offer him a multi year deal.
Like in TAO's example, if the Jays don't win it this year I can't see him taking a 3 year deal in Arizona of all places with no chance to win. I think the guy has spent his whole career on losing teams. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see him take the Jays QO just to stay on a team with a pretty good chance to make it back to the post seasons again next year. This is probably a lot of fun for him.
The whole rotation is in place next year, and could be better next year than it was this year with a rejuvenated Liriano replacing Dickey and Stroman/Sanchez arguably improving due to age and experience. That's pretty solid considering they were the best rotation in all of baseball this year and they have a decent chance to be even better. If the Jays can get EE to commit, and shore up the bullpen they have a legit shot at post season baseball again and Jose can take a one year deal in hopes of going for it all again with a winning team while at the same time possibly rebuilding his value back up a bit as a DH/1B/RF platoon type guy.