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Originally Posted by Jason14h
Don't they?
It sure seems that Rogers is willing to spend a near unlimited amount. Wouldn't this contract show they are even more so?
The Jays are 5th in the majors in salary and tried actively to spend even more then they did in the offseason.
Is 35 million a season for Vlad in 2033 when the Jays are spending (guestimating) $350 million really that big of a deal?
You use Vernon Wells as an example - He was making $18mil a season (average) for the Jays starting in 2009.
In 2010 the Jays team salary was 77 million. Wells made up 16 million of that (20%)
Next year assuming the Jays kept a payroll around $250 million and Vlad got the rumored deal his average would be ~35million $ - That's 14% of the payroll.
And dont forget we still managed to trade Wells eventually despite the contract.
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I really don’t think they have an unlimited payroll. Cohen and the Dodgers are the only ones like that. In any case we got lucky with Wells getting off the books. The length of this deal combined with the amount will not be good. We can’t take back not paying him at a steal years back but we can’t take prevent a tough deal moving forward. I’d rather lose him for nothing than being tethered to a bad deal for eternity preventing future moves. We can’t take agree to disagree on this but bad contracts with those two fronts really strap a team. Especially if by that time they’re aiming to get a new stadium.