Yeah I think the Jays know they had an outside shot, which was likely more than they had thought a few weeks earlier. So they then played by Ohtani's rules with Atkins being in undisclosed locations. News getting out of the visit to Florida started that off, but that was 4 or 5 days after the fact.
Even Roberts' clear blunder in talking about Ohtani was an issue. Giants and probably others we didn't know about were involved, but all the pressuring was behind the scenes between teamsz not through media. I am sure the Jays, Dodgers and Giants all knew what each were offering, via Ohtani's camp, not throight the media.
Seperatley, big and small J journalists on Twitter and other "insiders" looking for followers or to hit on a long shot and get cred, whipped up the Internet and Jays fans and then it was a snowball that couldn't be stopped for random Twitter users trying to social engineer more followers via complete fabrications.
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