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Originally Posted by Finger Cookin
The Steve Phillips article on TSN pretty neatly summed up where I think the Jays went wrong over this whole contract.
"If the Jays had made Guerrero a priority, they would not have been stuck riding the coattails of Soto’s $765 million deal with the Mets. Everything changed once Soto signed. A deal that could be made with Guerrero in November was no longer available in February. That’s where Toronto’s front office went wrong and that is why Guerrero is now empowered to test the market
The Jays have been chasing the Guerrero deal for a couple of years. Every time they engaged with Guerrero’s agent, the asking price has been too high. But each subsequent time they engaged the price that was asked for in the previous negotiation didn’t sound so bad." |
Phillips is totally right. However, he’s thinking they’re not talking. I would bet Vlad knew what values they were going for and was waiting for it. Nobody could’ve known what ultimately he signed for (far exceeding expectations) but I don’t believe for a second with them being friends, he knew what values he was pushing for. The mistake was not trying to sign him when he was heating up last season.