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Originally Posted by Jiggy_12
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Stoeten has turned into a bit of a clown over the past few years. He’s started to be not worth reading anymore, which is sad because he used to be pretty good. Just a jays hype machine nowadays that throws out F bombs to attract the Vice News Type crowd. When this team is sitting at the bottom of the AL East for the next few years and the bandwagon is completely empty again, he’s going to have a hard time getting page clicks from long time Jays fans that don’t appreciate being told they are stupid for questioning what this team does.
He might have a point that Granderson was a good signing if we were contending, had a good outfield, and he was being used as a depth pickup. I’d like that signing that too. But he’s completely ignoring that as it stands now, we aren’t contending, Granderson will be a starter in one of our corner position, and he doesn’t address any of our current needs which is to get younger, hit for better average, and improve fielding. In fact, he’s the exact opposite of that.
I’m not even crapping on Granderson the player, I’m crapping on the fact that this has zero strategic direction. Looks like Rogers will not accept a full rebuild in their last few years of ownership to me. Ride this cash cow into the sunset. Refuse to break budget when you are almost at a World Series Level and then refuse to rebuild when its clearly obvious your window has closed. Just frustrating as a fan. MLSE buying this franchise can’t come quick enough. May not spend as much as Rogers but at least they will have a real baseball strategy and follow it without deviation.
Not moving Donaldson was ridiculous. Sure they can move him at the deadline like Stoeten says, but it will be for way less value and what happens if Donaldson gets hurt again? We get pennies on the dollar and there’s a real chance he gets hurt. He’s battled it his whole career.