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Originally Posted by browna
Vlad yes the Canadian angle, just seems for like the face of the franchise and would choose here.
Bo doesn’t seem like he would choose Toronto.
I’ve come up with this comment before, but an overpay for a fellow Dominican in Soto on an optioned filled long term deal which may end up being only 4 years, who at least seems has the door cracked for hitting the open market.
Next year for SP they would lose Kikuchi but still Berios Gausman and Bassit.
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I dunno about Soto. At this point he's the type of player you add if you want to go for it for a prolonged period of time. At this point the Jays have to rebuild (not retool). The pipeline of prospects is looking mediocre. Shatkins' value proposition was to create a sustainable group, which they haven't done at all. So theoretically you add Soto and what about the rest of the lineup? In basketball you can do the top heavy thing and it'll work. In baseball you really need to have a full lineup along with pitching. It's a slower approach that requires patience. Atkins did pace the going for it, correctly. He just hasn't made the right moves to make it work, and hasn't drafted particularly well to sustain the constant dealings of prospects. The fail is on him. Anyway, I'm all for keeping Bo and Vlad but how do you recoup assets? Some pitcher trades may give some hope but you won't get the quantity/quality Vlad or Bo would bring you. With prospects it's a quantity game too. So all in all, we can blame coaches/players, etc. but the team assembled is truly bad. And a quick fix like a Soto or Ohtani won't fix it either. There's a quantity piece that needs to be solved long term through drafting, then add a big fish or two through signings.