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Originally Posted by browna
This is prefaced on the fact you trade Bo and get some good value out of him for an everyday player and picks and legit prospects and hope they hit.
Keep Vlad and sign Soto.
Adding a big fish still isn’t easy for Toronto, they can’t just do it when they want to, as it’s not up to their control more than any other team, even with the fact the Jays are right up there in MLB with how they take care of players and families in their facilities.
Soto seems to be buddies with Vlad, and again has said he’s basically in it for the money as opposed to team loyalty, so highest bidder wins…remains to be seen if it’s true but it seems but it’s more of a crack open of a door than other big time free agents give out as far as info, so in that sense it appears he is more available then many top FAs would be for the Toronto factor.
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I'm in no way arguing if they can or can't sign Soto. I'm saying that they shouldn't because there's a time and a place for that and they simply are far from contenders. So you're spending money on a top heavy lineup without drafting. So you're going to be in limbo with huge contracts on the books. If you're not a contender, is there
really an expectation to push hard each night if you're a guy like Soto, or do you know you can get away with simply being better than average? I ask all these questions because it's a disaster when it comes to long term contracts (personally I don't believe any players should be getting that absurd money), more even more than that, certain moves need to be done to recoup prospects that aren't there which should be there. So perhaps this is all a blessing in disguise, to hit the reset button. If we had numerous prospects on the cusp of coming up, this would all be fine - buy a season or two and go for it again. But there really aren't any game changers expected soon, so you have to look to the future of 3-4 years, getting new young potential, drafting well, and hoping it all aligns again. One thing for sure is you just can't continually deal young guys for a quick push. Baseball continually shows us teams can age in a blink of an eye, and guys at their mid careers can just fall off. You trade enough prospects and suddenly your team looks old. It happened with AA's moves at the end, and it's showing even worse with Atkins' moves all this time. They really do have to create sustainability.