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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
I sure wish the Jays would have signed Semien to a multi year deal and I hope they are looking into extending him as we speak.
He was 3rd in MVP voting during his last full season, and after a slow start has a line of .343 / .405 / .634 / 1.040 in his last 33 games. 2.5 WAR already. Not to mention he's a legit SS that is willing to play 2B. That is a major positive any way you look at it.
Not sure what it would take? Maybe 4 or 5 years $100 million total would get it done?
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I've been hoping for that as well. But I have no idea where the price point would be. I mean, his career WAR is virtually identical to Springers and he plays a premier defensive position too. Not to mention playing in Oakland for 8 seasons. But I cant see him going for 30 per. Mainly because that Springer contract is kind of ridiculous. Semien will also be on on the wrong side of 30. So probably something similar to the Donaldson contract. So I think you're right in the ballpark with the 5 years 100 million.
But then you start to wonder what payroll will look like with the kids going to arbitration soon. And I hope the Jays give Vladdy Tatis money so we don't have to worry about him bolting in 2026. So that'll hopefully be another massive contract on the books. And the there's Bo-bo. So all of a sudden how do you pay for starting pitching.
Ultimately these are good problems to have but I really hope Rogers keeps their word about spending. And also I'm a little bearish on the Springer contract right now as he's trending to maybe play half the season in one of the years that we hope he bangs because the back end of that deal will be a woof.