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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Haha 4D chess?
It's not 4D chess to decide not to capitulate and give a player who so far in his career has put up seasons of 0.3, 0.3, 6.3, 3.3, 1.3 and 5.5 fWAR somewhere in the neighborhood of $500-$600 million dollars.
That's actually good sense.
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There’s nothing wrong with not wanting to pay.
The issue is walking him to UFA. If you don’t think he a superstar quality player (same with Bo) why have you kept them as your building blocks ? Pull the plug 2 years ago and get maximum value and restart
And I fully disagree it’s good sense to let your homegrown stars walk while continuing to sign aging FAs many levels of skill below them . There’s been a handful of stars reach UFA this early in their career . Soto decided from D1 he was going UFA despite SD and Washington to everything to lock him up.
Bryce Harper was the real only other recent example of a prime career superstar reaching UFA.
It just doesn’t happen because teams lock up their young star younger to buy some UFA years for the risk the player doesnt turn out . It’s a win /win
Now maybe Vladdy wouldn’t sign before as he has family money and doesn’t need to safety net - but all indications are for several years they have talked contract . Doesn’t sound like someone who didn’t want to sign
Question - do you think the Jays have a good team / team capable of contending this year ? Because if the answer isn’t yes then why are Vlad and Bo still on this team ?