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Originally Posted by jayswin
But in the end the result will be the same. He was going to the Dodgers all along and the Jays will end up being the useful idiot that was never going to happen but allowed the player to negotiate what he wanted from the team he wanted to go to.  |
I think that’s a good thing.
1) more dollars off the table that a competitor has wrapped up
2) the Jays aren’t just one player away from winning it. Given where he is in his career he’s a mercenary you add as your last piece. Their lineup as is is Swiss cheese. You add him you have no more money to get other guys which you have to fill via free agency because you didn’t draft well enough or traded away guys
I’d like to see him here just because but I do think with short leash to parachute out, and where the Jays are lacking, it doesn’t make sense. Last year he would’ve been that piece but given where we are today, nope.