Yeah, we need JD to heat up like he can and hope somebody is willing to pay for only a few months of him guaranteed. Problem is, if he does heat up like he can, it could be enough to keep this team in wild card contention which might keep the FO from trading him at all. Another problem is Machado who is having one hell of a season. I doubt anything happens with JD until Machado gets dealt.
Almost to the point where you wonder if maybe the Jays can get JD on more palatable extension now, if that might be worth more to the Jays long term than anything they might get in a trade for him.
The Jays have the luxury of no big money contracts on the books after 2019. Martin expires, Morales expires and Tulo drops from $20 million to just $14 million in 2020 then he's gone if his 2021 club option isn't picked up (which it won't be lol).
They could afford having JD on the books for $20-25 million until 2022 or 2023 and I don't think it would hurt them. So something like 4 year $100 million maybe?
We'll see I guess.
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