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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I've seen people giving them crap for that online and i don't agree with that.
They tried to make a move they were comfortable with to put more pressure on Sasaki to take their offer. I like that they were aggressive with that.
They were always the underdog position to try to get this done and tried to do something to put some pressure on the whole thing by being able to up their deal.
They get in crap for being passive and not trying to close deals, and then when they tried to be aggressive they get crapped on for that too.
Ill repeat the problem isn't them being involved in these things (Soto, Ohtani, Sasaki), getting close, and then failing. I'd rather they take those big swings. The problem is they don't have a plan B when it hasn't worked.
I blame the Phillies for doing anything to help an NL rival add Sasaki.
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I would go 1 further. The problem is that their whole franchise now requires big FA moves because they haven't drafted well, they've developed poorly and they haven't taken care of their own. I have no issues with the Jays being aggressive, but the fact that their franchise success resides on it so much is extremely troubling.
I get they were trying to be aggressive but I have a hard time seeing how that was going to change the outcome. Could have waited on the deal as the Dodgers did.
I'm also not even convinced that trade was all about bonus money. As other posters have pointed out, he's a profile they like at a position they likely wanted to fill and it still doesn't look smart from that angle either.