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nickgarciataria
What are the Blue Jays waiting for?! Re-signing Melky is a no brainer!
Jason J. Shaw
In a glorious world where other teams can’t make ridiculously high offers, yes, it would be a no-brainer. Hopefully Melky will give the Jays on opportunity to offer a competitive deal after seeing what he could possibly get elsewhere.
nickgarciataria
He wants to stay here too… I don’t see him going anywhere else.
DarthMurph
He will if the Jays don’t give him a competitive offer. It’s really on them.
Jim Johnson
Except to the place that beats the Jays’ offer.
Jaysfan1994 2
Anthopoulos is waiting for a number by ownership on how much to spend for next season, the payroll should go up based on how well TV ratings (entire TV network owned by Rogers) did this season.
East Coast Bias
Blue Jays payroll goes up when Blue Jays increase their revenue. That’s it.
The other businesses are not related.
Jaysfan1994 2
Yes, because high television ratings don’t increase Rogers overall pocketbook right? Owners don’t like making more money when one of two things are correlated right?
Also, they already said payroll is going up for next year so this argument is already non-void as long as they own up to their earlier statement.
Jaysfan1994 2
When they increased payroll in late 2012 they issued this statement.
The Rogers-owned baseball team’s payroll swelled from $83.7 million to $119.3 million over the winter, but executives explained that if the new talent made the Jays a playoff team, increased viewership would boost ratings and revenues at Sportsnet, which broadcasts all the Jays’ games.
The two are directly correlated.
Jeff Hill
I would be a little scared if the Sox signed Maeda and they already have plenty of guys that can be middle of the rotation starters. Also they haven’t had a good history recently with signing Japanese starters. And also I am on the fence about Koji because of how they used him the last 1.5 seasons. I mean if they can get from less than 10 MM then that is fine with me.
basemonkey
Christian Walker has a chance at being a plus power guy, with a balanced swing. Not an all-or-nothing guy. He’s a legit 1B prospect, and he will factor into plans around what they do with Davis eventually.
123redsox
realize that although Davis is better off at first base, he could still factor into a corner outfield spot long term or even a permanent DH. If any of these were too happen, Walker would have a clear path to the majors. You let on that what the O’s do with walker is decided on Davis’ future with the team being if he is still on the team or if he is on another ball club. I am saying there could be an opportunity for both to remain with the O’s long term
basemonkey
I’m not sure what you assuming.
basemonkey
If Chris Davis is an Oriole, he stays at 1B. He has an excellent glove at 1B. The reason why he may not remain an Oriole longterm is because he’s due to hit free agency along with a pile of other core players like Hardy, Wieters, etc all about the same time.
Pingston
Melky owes it to himself to see what the market offers, he owes it to the Blue Jays to re-sign given his tumourous 2013 campaign. Given his like for the team and the city, and the Blue Jays and their fans’ appreciation of Melky, I expect him to be signed for $15 to $17 million, for a 4 to 5 year contract with some options, performance targets built in. If the Blue Jays want him, few have resources to outbid. But AA is right, if market says he’s worth $20 million for 5 years the Blue Jays could be forced to walk away. In that case, they could look at Yasmani Tomas and trade Gose for BP help.
They need Melky’s reliable bat and a few more reliable bats. They also need an ace, perhaps a Lester or Scherzer splurge. Adding James Shields for his 200 innings would also let them move Mark Buehrle to the bullpen from which he can contribute to many more games and get any mid-season rest required. Then they can cultivate their excellent young arms through BP roles.
Buying free agent Pablo Sandoval to play third base lets the Blue Jays move injury-prone Brett Lawrie to 2B. Back-ups at SS/2B could be Kawasaki and Goins.
The Blue Jays have been too streaky in the wrong way so need reliable bats to join the signed core. I see higher salary spending and a lot of faces leaving, including Francisco, Tolleson, Valencia.
East Coast Bias
That’s quite a shopping list.
DarthMurph
And a rather unrealistic one.
nickgarciataria
I see Francisco and Tolleson going, but I’m unsure about Valencia.
LazerTown
You know how much payroll adding that is?
Why would Buehrle move to the bullpen?
He was never what he was in the early season, but he is still a 200 inning 4.00 era type pitcher. That may not be great, but pretty much every team would be happy to have that in their #5 spot.
LazerTown
Not sure why Sox should really be looking at someone who most say is at best a mid rotation starter. They have quite a few pitchers, but really nobody to front that rotation.
108 stitches
Is Maeda a true free agent? He doesn’t need to be posted, is that correct? He’s not worth a posting fee from what I can tell. I would imagine they would see him as a possible 4-5 starter with the bullpen to fall back on.