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3 hours ago, CanuckinEdm said:

 

RIP Derek Fisher's playing time.

Took them long enough to figure out that one was a mistake, they tried to hang on to him and hope but when he took that ball in the face on the fly ball you just knew he was no good :lol:

 

Edit: Didn't scroll up enough to see your gif of it in post before :lol:

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I feel the springer signing was a little too much, for a guy who doesn't hit over .300 and signed him until he's 37 he better be some Angels in the outfield type god because his bat didn't deserve that much imo... $25M a year.... 

 

Pitching is what needed to be addressed more imo why isn't this money going towards pitching.... :mad:

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7 hours ago, shiznak said:

Jays just signed Michael Brantley. 

Report: Brantley re-signs with Astros on 2-year, $32M deal

 

Michael Brantley is staying in Houston after all.

 

Only a few hours after appearing to be headed to the Toronto Blue Jays, the four-time All-Star outfielder agreed to re-sign with the Astros on a two-year, $32-million contract, sources told Mark Berman of KRIV Houston.

 

Completion of the deal is pending a physical, according to Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle.

 

Earlier reports on Wednesday suggested that Brantley had agreed to terms on a three-year deal with the Blue Jays, less than 12 hours after they reportedly added his soon-to-be-former teammate George Springer. The Blue Jays reportedly were targeting Brantley - who shares an agent with Springer and is a close friend - as a tandem signing.

 

However, a Blue Jays source quickly refuted rumors of an agreement being in place, saying Toronto was in the mix, but no deal had been reached and Brantley was still talking to other teams.

 

In the end, the Blue Jays weren't close to landing Brantley, ESPN's Buster Olney reports.

 

https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/2096213

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34 minutes ago, ChuckNORRIS4Cup said:

Pitching is what needed to be addressed more imo why isn't this money going towards pitching...

Maybe a top level pitcher was waiting to see if the Jays are loading up, before making a decision?

 

 

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On 1/20/2021 at 5:43 PM, ChuckNORRIS4Cup said:

Let's hope that's all they were waiting for, but I doubt the Jays would have the money to grab a good one now, maybe a cheaper option one hopefully something. 

They can still sign Bauer without going over the luxury tax.

 

 

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21 hours ago, shiznak said:

They can still sign Bauer without going over the luxury tax.

 

 

Yeah but doesn't leave much for anything else. They missed the boat for a stronger arm which I wanted, and then grabing a guy like Bauer as well, but nope it's just grab Bauer and that's all folks not enough on the pitching end imo, if they even grab Bauer.

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39 minutes ago, Sean Monahan said:

Semien to the Jays for 1yr/$18milllion. Expected to play 2B primarily. 
 

thoughts?

Solid pickup.  Not sure where everyone is going to play.  Vladdy 1st, Semien 2nd, Bichette SS, Biggio 3rd?  That would push Rowdy to DH.

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4 hours ago, BoKnows said:

Solid pickup.  Not sure where everyone is going to play.  Vladdy 1st, Semien 2nd, Bichette SS, Biggio 3rd?  That would push Rowdy to DH.

Begs to question where does Grich fits in? 

 

Before this signing, he was pegged to split time with Rowdy as our DH/outfielder.

 

This was a solid pickup for a former MVP candidate, but the Jays desperately need some arms in the rotation. This signing all but ends the Bauer to Jays, but I’m still hoping we can pickup some quality starters (re-up Walker, Takana, Paxton).

 

Also this:

 

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14 hours ago, BoKnows said:

Solid pickup.  Not sure where everyone is going to play.  Vladdy 1st, Semien 2nd, Bichette SS, Biggio 3rd?  That would push Rowdy to DH.

They talked about this on Sportsnet last night. They expect it to be exactly like that. ^

 

They also speculated that Semien is insurance at SS, in case Bo has any injury issues.

 

Edit: The only thing that might change is that we might see Rowdy and Vlad do a kind of platoon, where one plays first and the other DH, but rotating the two spots.

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