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Originally Posted by bluejays
Prescriptively that makes sense but there have to be limitations, and understanding what difference said player is within the context of what’s around him. If this was 3 years ago and he was asking for a ten year deal, go for it. The team was on. The upswing and there was potential for contending. Since then no true prospects have emerged, prospects were traded, and the market for stars has gone up materially. Does signing a star now make sense at that term and cost? Not sure. There are plenty of holes to plug that I think they’d be better off trading him and getting good assets back to rebuild.
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But if you trade him you aren’t getting good assets back, you are getting average assets back. Nothing to build around, or with the potential to build around. You are getting a teams 10-15th best prospect, a replacement level MLB player and maybe a long shot prospect in low A, that isn’t ranked in the top 30 of a teams prospect list.
Vladdy is going to be a top 10 offensive player for the foreseeable future, you have to sign him. If you can’t sign him by spring training then you have to trade him, but signing him has to be the priority.