Blue Jays 2018 Season (Good Riddance 2017)
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And if it back fires? Now you have a shit team and even more handcuffed by bad salaries. At some point, you need to rebuild as even the mighty Yankees did.
I 100% agree. At some point you put all the chips on the table and go for it. AA did that, and because of it interest in this club has sky rocketed like we haven't seen in year. Even with the last few years being shit, the effects of 2015 and 2016 are still prominent. Kids baseball registration has sky rocketed in the last 4 years.
First off, the interest generated by making some bolder moves will help advance sales and season tickets prior to opening day and help the bottom line instead of letting $100M fall by the wayside. I am pretty sure that those 2 were down significantly this year. The retention of revenue would help mitigate the cost of the new contracts.
I am also not talking about signing megastars for $25-30M per year for 10 years. But pick up a few quality players at $15M/year for 2-4 years. Those guys cannot make the same long term demands that the big stars get away with, especially with the new approach by league owners. A lot of guys had to wait a long time to get contracts this year. Get some mid-quality depth at those prices and then fill in more spots with cheapo retreads that shapeero is so fond of. That way they are not saddled with Tulo and Martin contracts. shapeero has almost exclusively gone cheapo.
I think Morales is about $12M/year. The only problem with his signing was that he was an inferior substitute for Edwin who was/is more productive and was also beloved in the city. Morales' paid a public perception price for the resentment that the fans had. But Morales has definitely put up some decent numbers. Get a few guys like him and the team would be a hell of a lot more competitive than they were this year.
Jays will have a new manager by the end of the month:
https://www.tsn.ca/atkins-jays-hope-to-hire-manager-before-end-of-month-1.1184827
https://www.tsn.ca/atkins-jays-hope-to-hire-manager-before-end-of-month-1.1184827
They tried to sign EE and he went elsewhere for less money. They also offered Dexter Fowler the best deal and he didn't want to come here.
Not saying you don't have an argument, but at the same time you don't have the actual stats, P.L reports, etc...
I'm just sayin....there's probably more to this than what we see.
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Maybe thats a good thing, otherwise we'd have 2 wifebeaters on the team:
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/...s-for-violating-mlb-domestic-violence-policy/
I didn't mean Addison Russell, I meant Dexter Fowler and forgot to delete the line that I accidently typed Addison Russell..lol.
I'd be shocked if Maddon leaving Cubs. He's there till retirement,imho. Don't think he's interested going to a rebuidling team like the Jays. If he goes he's probably ended up in LA or SF.
Maddon will return managing the Cubs on last year of a 5-yr contract. No brainer,there.
https://www.tsn.ca/report-six-names-among-list-of-candidates-for-jays-manager-1.1185924
I vote for John MacDonald. Like him a lot when he was playing for the Jays!
I vote for John MacDonald. Like him a lot when he was playing for the Jays!
When Shapiro et al hired Wedge, it was rumored he was "the manager in waiting". There are names on that list I know little or nothing about. Wedge would be my least favorite of the candidates named.
I was just about to say the same thing. The Jays have gotten worse each year with shapeero in his comfort zone hiring his "yes men" from his prior Cleveland days, where they also accomplished nothing. The name that I've heard that interests me the most would be Sandy Alomar Jr.
