He declined his $13.4 million player option with the Red Sox and instead settled for the $.6.75 million buyout. So technically he's making close to $20 million this season. Smart move on his part.
Blue Jays Off-Season Moves
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Turner is not an everyday third baseman. They still need someone to play the corner most games this season.
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Your 3rd basemen this year is Biggio.
What an amazing off season we had. We're going right back with the same team hoping everyone has a bounce back year. All we did was replace Belt with Turner, who's a right handed bat. Wasn't one of the big reasons we got belt is we wanted a left bat??
I don't even need to read this to know why this was a terrible signing. It's a waste of 13 million dollars.
We needed more lefty bats last season. Varsho and Belt. Then we realized we needed a 4th right handed outfield bat after we traded Lourdes Gurriel.
bingo!We needed more lefty bats last season. Varsho and Belt. Then we realized we needed a 4th right handed outfield bat after we traded Lourdes Gurriel.
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oh I get it yes he is a big boy. But on the plus side he hit 30 Home Runs in 2019 for Seattle in under 500 at bats, but he only hit 208 that year. He kind of reminds me of a modern day Pete Incaviglia….. minus the miullet, more playing time and better batting average.
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So it was a bad time to trade him when he didn't have much value. It's not like we got a good return for him.
There was still no reason to keep him. We had Vladdy. All he was doing was taking up a roster spot.
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Too bad they can’t negotiate a six year deal for Cody Bellinger. I know I’ve heard it all before he’s a risky signing etc. etc. But I think he would be perfect for this team. Would definitely give me the confidence of us having an offensive powerhouse.
….right now all I see is Vlady having no friends to hit home runs and goof around with lol.
Philip
….right now all I see is Vlady having no friends to hit home runs and goof around with lol.
Philip
If they did sign him to a six year deal then they would have two very high priced DHs with him and Springer. They have the offense. The issue last season was none of them could hit a beach ball.
Springer is absolutely not a DH. He may not be the elite centre fielder he used to be, but he still a very solid right fielder. Your making it sound like he can't catch a ball out there when it couldn't be further then the truth. The only reason they moved out of centre was to keep healthy and the fact they signed the best defensive centre fielder in baseball because they wanted to reduce runs against.
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Bellinger is a former Gold Glove winner, (2019), and he's a top-tier defender at both center field and first base.
He was an expendable piece so there was no point in keeping him. At the time we were desperate for bull pen help and we got Trevor Richards back for him who pitched quite well for the rest of the year. We were never going to get a big return on him.
