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jaysfan77
Hindsight is 20/20, but they had their chance in the spring. Of course a part of that was new management still didn’t really have a grasp on the roster or personnel throughout the organization, and was still acclimatizing. If they could go back now they’d of saved themselves probably 20 million, plus, they will most likely lose him to a division rival, big oops.
movaughn
To be fair, you can also say Bautista was 1 and Encarnacion was 1A in ST and now those rankings are reversed.
jaysfan77
I disagree, Bautista issued them an ultimatum, basically insinuating that he was responsible for 12 million people watching Rogers broadcast and that he should be paid accordingly. Now, blue Jays management said all the right things to the media as they’re trained to do, but let’s pretend you marched into your company HQ and issued an ultimatum to your department head, lol I’m sure you’d be number one on a list. Lol
movaughn
I’m also not the most valuable asset in my company like Bautista is. Sports are a different breed to an office setting in this argument. No face of the franchise is suddenly going to be dropped because they asked to be paid like the face of the franchise. And in spring training, Bautista still very well was that face and being too priority…and the initial offer to Encarnacion showed where their intentions were.
jaysfan77
True.
cheftay
Tough to see the Jays signing Edwin and/or Jose. If they have 50 or so million to spend on OF, 1B, Backup C, and Bullpen…it might be best to spread that money over 4 or 5 guys rather than 2 or 3 IMO.