MLB Free Agent Season
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So the other part of this deal is the players the Jays eat up $11M of useless contract in Myles Straw ($5M in 2025, $6M in 2026).
We can question the decisions the Jays make, but I think we should be able to generally agree that the Jays tend to operate in a safe, conservative and consistent manner.. They are not taking on this money without knowing they have a real shot here. Or one would hope anyway!
We can question the decisions the Jays make, but I think we should be able to generally agree that the Jays tend to operate in a safe, conservative and consistent manner.. They are not taking on this money without knowing they have a real shot here. Or one would hope anyway!
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from Wikipedia:
"On April 9, 2022, Straw signed a 5-year, $25 million extension with the Guardians. In 2022 he had the lowest slugging percentage and the lowest OPS (.564) in the majors, the lowest barrel percentage (0.7%), and the highest percentage of balls hit to the opposite field (36.1%). He batted .221/.291/.273 in 535 at bats, with no home runs, 32 RBI, and 21 stolen bases in 22 attempts. On defense, he won a Gold Glove Award in center field.
In 2023, he batted .238/.301/.297, with one home run and a league-leading six sacrifice hits, had the lowest percentage of hard-hit balls of all AL players (18.0%), and had the lowest barrel percentage (0.5%). "
It's like re-signing Kevin Kiermeier, at half the price.
The Jays can't get anyone to take their money. Not that you can really blame Sasaki in this case. https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/japanese-star-roki-sasaki-signs-with-dodgers/
But at least we picked up a guy whose OPS has been a consistent .600 for the last 2 years.
When will the Jays realize that they have to outbid the competition by 10-20% to get them here. The shiny new training facility and cup holders don't seem to providing enough allure.
L.A. is not where I would want to play.
They're due for a major quake and we've learned that they don't the services to deal with it.
I mean if you're Japanese and want to play on the West Coast why not choose Seattle.
