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Originally Posted by bluejays
Santander for 5 years is probably a good move and should be fine. But it should have been done before. Now it just seems like teams are going to milk the Jays knowing their position, if anything. Given the rumors of players not being happy with the team last year, and nobody truly signing with the Jays this year, I do wonder if there's a trust piece where players don't trust the Jays management. Who could blame them? Fans, although completely perception and bias, smelled fake rats the moment the management team was brought in.
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Comments like this always make me laugh.
It couldn't have been done before. Santander probably wasn't going to sign before now and MLB Free Agency has been really drawn out in recent years.
Guys like Bregman, Alonso, Santander have all been waiting. So I don't think it's just some situation the Jays unilaterally had control over.
And in the end attracting free agents isn't just an issue for the Blue Jays with the Mets and Dodgers really flashing their pocket books in desirable markets.
The Giants who are in a good market in San Francisco have really struggled too. They were in on Burnes, Snell opted out his contract to go to LA,
and now they are also rumored to be trying to convince Alonso to go there (but really doubtful he leaves the Mets).
Padres fans also feeling pretty burned with Soto not wanting to re-sign, then losing Roki Sasaki as well, and now Scott left them to the rival Dodgers too.
A lot of this "Sky is falling" concern is just because people don't seem to like Atkins or Shapiro, when really about 25 other teams are in the same position where it seems really difficult to attract any free agents or sign players right now.