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Originally Posted by Parallex
And? They had Hendricks, Bryant, Russell, Baez, Contreras... not to mention a whole whack of guys that ended up being below market value for the money they got.
Newsflash. Those guys are more valuable then our guys. Nothing against our guys but they're not as good. The Jays are not this off-season in the same situation as the Cubs were last off-season. They can't act the same way.
They're going to prudently spend money to maintain the level of success they're currently enjoying until the next wave of young talent they're building comes up to enhance the veteran talent. Sanchez, Stroman, Osuna, Travis, Pillar are all pre-arbitration.... this is true, so they're not going to jeopardize their ability to retain them when the Gurriels/Guerraros/Tellezs/Zuechs arrive.
They're trying to build something sustainable not have some transactional orgy that results in a bloated payroll of post-apex players and no farm system.
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But by the time the next generation of talent is ready, Tulo, Martin, and Donaldson will be long gone and more likely than not so will the majority of our starting rotation. They need to make one last effort to win those guys or move on to a new strategy with Sanchez/Stroman and use the other pieces as a way to replenish the minor league system.
I don't consider adding players to try and clone last year's team as trying to win when they don't address our biggest issues. I see it as trying to draw blood from a rock.
The time to win for the Jays is now, and if means extending a long contract to someone, you do it. All those prospects you named may not ever amount to anything.