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I'm a greedy bastard. xC

#pushbeckylynch. also make me a Becky Lynch siggy, pls. xD

Owens will never get over with Vince. He doesn't have a physique of a World Champion.

The only saving grace left, this off-season, is if they re-sign Kawasaki. Please, thats all I'm asking for.

Vince will probably blame the low rating due to Cena not being on television. Which is kind of true, little kids and Cena fangirls miss their daily dose of Cena. IWC can't wait long enough for the day Vince retires, Kevin Dunn gets the boot and Triple H takes over.

The Jays will have to either sign both Edwin and Bautista to extensions or see them both walk, because if you trade one of them, the other one won't be too pleased with the move. In other news, Lawrie once again got moved to the White Sox for two minor leaguers. Cue the "Lawrie for Donaldson trade" was a bad idea.

For the 100x I never said it was a bad deal. It was a deal that was redundant at that time, when your offense was already the best in the league. If you are going to trade your best asset, then trade it for an area you lack in, ie: pitching. Is Price worth 31M, with his post-season stats? Maybe not, but Clayton Kershaw got 30M, with 1 playoff win and a ERA over 6.

Yup, that's just bad management. You have to at least try and offer him a contract even though he might not accept it. If he rejects the offer, then it will only look bad on Price's part, considering all those rumours of him wanted to stay.

That "inevitable decline" won't happen, until at least 5 years max and even if that happens, I'm almost certain they would have generated enough revenues to pay off Price's contract, within that 5 years and still have a profit. Especially, if they make the playoffs each of those 5 years. I already spoke about committing to Price for 7 years. He could decline, but even if he does, he'll still be a decent number two guy, in the rotation. I would also figure, there would be some sort of club option during those final years of his contract, where they can opt out.

The thing is they would be making money, if they had Price for the full year+. Just look how packed the stadium was from the last quarter of the season, when they acquire him. Bet you, that's the most they'd ever made for the past 15 years or at least since Rogers bought the team. Now think, how much revenues they can bring in throughout an entire season of that. I guarantee you they would be making a profit from a season-fill pack stadium. And we haven't even mentioned merchandise sales, and broadcasting views. Here is another thing, they owe their own broadcasting rights and the stadium itself, so they're not even paying a second party, unlike other teams are. Not saying they should raise the budget to 200M+ like the Yankees and Red Sox, but as I mentioned from a earlier post, they could have essentially kept the same team from the playoffs, if they raised their budget to 150M - 155M. Is investing 10M - 15M more really that difficult from a billionaire company?

Being a casual fan isn't bandwagoning. Plus, everybody got to start somewhere.

I also found it hilarious when Shapiro said in today's press conference, that they didn't have the resources to re-sign Price and fill other holes. Which is a total horsesh*t lie, because we all know Rogers is one of the richest owners in baseball. They just didn't want to invest on the team.

Ditto. And before people call me a bandwagoner, I've been a die-hard fan, since the Delgado era onto the Halladay era. Once, Halladay left, I slowly lost interests with the team, but still would watch them on occasion (became a Cards and Giants fan). When they finally, started to build a winner and made all these insane trades. They slowly gave me hope, that they actually cared. That they would put money into this team and be a powerhouse in the AL for years to come. But all that hope was pissed away, in less than a month. Tired of Rogers being cheap wankers, who only cared about putting money in their own pockets.

At the end of the day, Shapiro get the last word on who the GM signs, trades, etc. Atkins and Lacava are his yes-men. Why do you think AA rejected the offer to stay on as GM? He knew he wouldn't get total control of the team, like he did under Beeston.

I just what to touch up on the "committing to Price for 7 years" argument. Yes, Price will eventually decline, just like most athletes do when they get up there in age and I say most, because not all do. I'm going to go back to one of my earlier post and use Randy Johnson as an example. He was still a dominate pitcher, when he was 40. He won a WS and two Cy Youngs back-to-back, at ages 37 and 38. I could see Price have a similar path as the Big Unit, and still be dominate at the tailend of his contract. If not, he would still be at least a good number two guy, in the rotation.

Jays also re-signed Justin "can't hit the breaking balls" Smoak. Well, f**k.

I'm almost certain that if the Jays offered him a reasonable contract (Verlander type money, 180M for 7 years), he would have taken that deal, and remained a Jay. Yes, money does talk, but you can tell he enjoyed being a Jay; playing on an elite offensive team, playing in that atmosphere, and playing for an entire country. If you had a choice between the two deals, and also considering the chance of winning a World Series, which deal would you take? And honestly, does having a couple more millions really affect the outcome of your life? Being paid 27M a year would still set you for the rest of your life. The fact that the Jays didn't even contact him, really pissed off a lot of the fan base, who finally got to see their team in the playoffs for the first time in 22 years. As for him not being a big game pitcher, Kershaw had the similar label, until this post-season. Same goes for Randy Johnson, until he too broke label, when he won a ring with the Diamondbacks, at the age of 37, no less.

Kind of sucks, because I genuinely like Price, but now I have to boo that poor bastard.

Price went from beloved in Toronto to public enemy number one, in less than a week.

Yes, the offense is there, but that was never the problem. The Jays were the top offensive team throughout the entire season (at least one of), and were still only 1 game above .500, when they acquired Price and Tulowitzki. Once they acquire a legitimate ace, that's when things started clicking. They are now relying on a 24 yrs old kid to carry the pitching staff. That's a lot of pressure on Stroman. Hey, remember what happened to Romero, when they traded Halladay? Re-signing Price or getting an legitimate ace, not only relief pressure off from Stroman, but the entire pitching staff. There is still a lot of question marks that concerns the rotation, as I mentioned above, can Stroman handle the pressure of being the #1 ace, at such a young age? Does Dickey still have it? Can Estrada and Happ, emulate their success from last season? Will Hutch ever be a starter? Is Chavez that much better than Hendriks? To me, the pitching rotation look like they have a good number 2, in Stroman and a bunch of 3s and 4s. That's not good enough, if they want to compete for a WS.

I heard Price has a vendetta against the Red Sox, but money does talk, and if they're offering him 35M+. He's going to be a BoSox.

I would imagine Price will want a NTC to go with that contract. I think he's tired of bouncing from team to team, every other year and wants to settle on a team for the rest of his playing career. The best option would be to backload the contract, so Rogers isn't paying him 30M a year at least for the first few seasons. They could then generate some big revenues from playoffs (hopefully), sellouts over the course of the entire season, and merchs sales. When Bautista's, Edwin's, and Dickey's salaries are off the book, then they could afford to pay him the big salary.

Bautista should call out the management team/owners again. That helped the Jays brought in Price and Tulowitzki, this year.

It doesn't matter if Price want to stay as a Jays. It all comes down to if Rogers wants to pay he man, which most likely they won't. Honestly, if the Jays offer him a reasonable offer, say a contract similar to the one Verlander signed (7yrs/180M), I think he'll take that deal, even though it might not be the best offer.

No, I've never been to Sesame Street.