Well he's not worth as much as Soto or Ohtani because he's not as good as them and playing a less valuable position.
In the end we really don't know what the actual issue is without knowing what the offers were.
If the Jays were offering like $375M x 10 or something then clearly they are out to lunch.
But if they offered around $500M for 10-12 years and Vladdy is asking for like $600M+ or something then clearly he's the one that's out to lunch.
In the end without knowing what the offers are it's tough to place blame here. The real blame comes from the Jays not getting this done earlier in the past two years...look at the Witt and Acuna Jr contracts and that's what the real issue is - he could have been locked up earlier for much cheaper on a deal that would be great value now.
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