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Originally Posted by bluejays
I don’t know the exact process for making a deal but I imagine there are initial discussions with the agent before a deal is brought forth. If the agent says the player sees themselves as capable of more and deserving of a big contract but was in a down year and they want to prove themselves, I don’t imagine it would yield a contract put forth by the team. Vlad wasn’t his best at all during the COVID seasons. Just as Bo wasn’t good last year. In fairness to Idiot Atkins, if the players had no interest in selling short to a discounted long term contract, then no team would put one in front of them for the sake of it. Bo though should’ve been signed ages back. Vlad was up and down though. So I imagine Vlad’s statement was true but not completely truthful in that to this point he wasn’t interested in selling himself short. But now that the market has dictated a minimum $500M deal, it’s really making the team question if he’s worth that.
To me he’s not. No player is. I’d deal him. But some sucker will pay that as we’ve seen.
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I think the only team that gives Vlad $500MM is the Mets. Them and the Dodgers are the only ones that would spend that, and the Dodgers already have 1B and DH locked up.
Tl;dr nobody wants Vlad to sign an extension with the Jays more than Pete Alonso and his agent.