The Blue Jays remain interested in top free agent starter Framber Valdez, report Jon Heyman and Joel Sherman of The New York Post. Toronto reportedly met with Valdez at the GM Meetings back in early November. That predated their seven-year, $210MM contract with Dylan Cease, so it was hardly a given that the Jays were still involved.
Valdez is arguably the last impact player available on the open market. He’s certainly the highest-upside player remaining. There’s a decent supply of unsigned starting pitching, but most other players fit in the middle or back of the rotation. That includes Zac Gallen, the only other free agent who rejected a qualifying offer. Valdez is at least a high-end #2 starter and has ace potential.
The southpaw finished top 10 in Cy Young voting each season from 2022-24. He looked on that pace through the All-Star Break last year, turning in a 2.75 earned run average over 19 starts. Things went off the rails in the second half, as Valdez surrendered a 5.20 ERA over his final 12 starts. He also had the much publicized cross-up incident with third catcher César Salazar, as he came under fire for not showing much immediate concern after hitting Salazar in the chest with a fastball. Astros officials maintained they did not believe Valdez intentionally crossed the catcher up, and Salazar did his best to downplay the situation publicly.
In any case, Valdez hit the market coming off arguably his worst two-month stretch in years. He’s entering his age-32 season, an age at which five-plus year deals for free agent starting pitchers are rare. Blake Snell and Jacob deGrom are the only pitchers at 32 or older to sign for five years within the past decade. It’s not clear what Valdez sought at the beginning of the offseason, but it’s generally not a great omen for players’ markets if they’re unsigned into February. A short-term deal with opt-outs probably isn’t as appealing for Valdez as it would be for a younger free agent.
The Jays already run six deep in the rotation with Cease, Kevin Gausman, Trey Yesavage, Shane Bieber, Cody Ponce and José Berríos. They’re broadly involved on every top free agent, so it’s possible they’re circling back to see if Valdez’s market has dropped to a level at which they feel the value is too good to ignore. Bieber has battled some elbow fatigue. Yesavage had some injury questions in college and just completed his first full professional season. Ponce is something of an unknown coming back from Korea, though the Jays wouldn’t have guaranteed him $30MM if they didn’t think he could be an effective starter.
Toronto could certainly justify taking this group into the season, but they’re evidently still kicking around rotation possibilities. Heyman said on an MLB Network appearance this afternoon that the Jays have some amount of interest in bringing Max Scherzer back. That’d obviously be a much cheaper move than even a short-term deal for Valdez, but Scherzer isn’t as clear of an upgrade over Toronto’s back-end arms.
RosterResource calculates the Jays’ luxury tax payroll around $310MM. That’s already a franchise record and lands them in the top tier of penalization. The Jays are near the Yankees and Phillies to round out a clear top five in projected spending behind the Dodgers and Mets. Signing Valdez would probably push them close to $340MM in CBT commitments, which would take them ahead of the Yankees and Philadelphia. They’d pay a 90% tax on the average annual value of any further free agent contracts. A hypothetical $30MM salary for Valdez would add another $27MM to their tax bill and amount to a $57MM investment overall.
Valdez comes attached to draft compensation, though that penalty isn’t as severe for the Jays because they already signed Cease. Toronto punted their second-round pick and their compensatory pick for Bo Bichette (after the fourth round) to add Cease. They’d give up their third and fifth rounders for Valdez, but those are each outside the top 100 overall.
Houston paid the luxury tax last year, so they’ll only receive a compensation pick after round four once Valdez signs elsewhere. That’s all but inevitable, as they’ve never seemed interested in meeting the southpaw’s asking price on a free agent deal. The collective bargaining agreement prohibits team personnel from explicitly saying they’re not pursuing specific players, but Houston GM Dana Brown reiterated this afternoon that the Astros “haven’t had any conversations lately” with the pitcher’s camp (video via Jason Bristol of KHOU 11 News).
Let’s get it done. 3 years plus an option. Will have one of the best starting rotations in the league. Ponce will close for the Jays.
This makes me wonder how concerned they are about Bieber’s health.
Yesavage, if anything, is their innings concern.
Yep and the starters through alot of innings, plus Gausman and Bieber are on expiring deals, so Vladez is bringing next off-season forward.
@Wade
To me it makes me wonder how strong is their belief that either/both Cease or Ponce will perform at a high level? Cease had a 4.58 ERA last year. Away from pitcher friendly PETCO park he has a 1-9 record with a 5.88 ERA. Ponce has been great in Korea but they league is considered the equivalent to AAA. Will be a FOR or more of a mid to backend contributor? You can also use s but of skepticism on their offense. Which version of Springer will you get at age 35+? The 2025 resurgent middle of the order bat or the guy from 2022-2024? Like Ponce, how will Okamato’s talent translate into in the mlb? For all the nitpicking and doomsday projecting placed on the Yanks I don’t get how the Jays questuon marks get glazed over so much?
If the Yanks signed Cease, their fans would praise it, but since the jays did, they question his durability. Its comical, but nothing out of the norm to what the rest of the league fanbases see.
@JT
Untrue and kind of silly to say. If the Yanks with all their resources, signed Cease for 7/$210, Cashman would be bashed for bringing in what would be called the next Sony Gray, Kenny Rogers or Carl Povano. When can we get past opinion vs truth? All I did was state the facts of his 2025 performance and question “why are people glossing over this” and handing over the AL East to the Jays? if this game was based on paper line-ups, I’m more concerned with the Red Sox than I am the Jays.
@JT
And I said nothing of his durability but his actual results when healthy
“When can we get past opinion vs truth?”
Then proceeds with his option. He can’t even move past it himself. 😂
I’m more concerned with the Red Sox than the Yanks
@still
haha…I said he had a 4.58 ERA and was 1-9 with a 5.88 ERA away from pitcher friendly PETCO. How is that an opinion? How is it an opinion that the Korean and Japanese leagues are considered to be a tier below mlb level play? I never did Ponce or Okamoto WOULD fail, U just did they’re question marks that ppl seem to gloss over in evaluating what teams look to be in paper.
If he would take that he’d had signed 3 months ago. He’s been holding out for 6, but at 32 he won’t get more than 4. This story is obviously a plant to try to squeeze a 5th year out of whichever team is closest. I suspect it’s the Os
Signing Framber could definitely give the Jays the AL East. He does make a big difference.
Framber is Aaron Nola. His fastball probably doesnt hit 90 any longer and he needs to learn to pitch to suceed. Nola failed and phils r on hook 6 more years at 25 per
@joe
Nola never had significant velocity to begin with, topping out around 93 mph, and has always relied primarily on his elite curveball rather than his fastball to generate outs, maintaining just an average ground ball rate around 50%. Valdez, on the other hand, hasn’t actually lost velocity—he’s been sitting in that 95 mph range consistently over the past few years, more than the 92-93 mph he’s always been. More importantly, Valdez’s success comes from being an elite ground ball pitcher, touching that exceptional 70% ground ball rate at his peak, which puts him in rare company. His game isn’t built on striking batters out with his fastball like a power pitcher; it’s about inducing weak contact and letting his defense work behind that heavy sinker. The adjustment concerns that apply to velocity-dependent pitchers simply don’t apply to Valdez’s profile, making this an apples-to-oranges comparison that misses what actually makes each pitcher successful.
His sinker averaged 94 last year. You’re predicting a 6-month 5mph drop based on what exactly?
Why?
That “cross-up” will rightfully cost him millions.
Not a thing
Agreed. Can’t erase the worry of his impact on a clubhouse.
@wbz
Questionable character is an issue but if it’s a big enough of an issue then teams aren’t going to sign him. If they get past that then it likely wouldn’t matter at all in terms of his earning. I’m willing to bet that at least 3 teams could careless about his character and are more concerned with the length of the contract being demanded.
I didn’t say he wouldn’t get signed, I said his value has taken a hit directly due to his actions. Not sure anyone wants a pitcher to succeed more than the guy catching him.
@wbz41- Thats flat out ridiculous! What a pack of pansies in this game! 🙄
Do it, Ross. Then trade Berrios.
@clrrogers
Trading Berrios is easier said than done. Teams are looking at that 2/50M player option he could exercise at the end of the season.
Berrios for Rendons contract straight up who says no?
@SweetBabyRayKingsThickThighs
The Angels. Rendon’s contract was restructured to pay 7.6M until ’30 paying out the full 38M. The Angels could potentially be taking on 70M with Berrios’s contract if he picks up his option.
But Berrios actually plays baseball.
@WadeBoggsWildRide
If Berrios pitches like a 4/5 SP he’s picking up that option. A #3, maybe declines and tests FA, I doubt it though. Those are pretty good odds he’s picking it up. The Angels could sign Gallen and get a more predictable player and payroll security at less term. Besides, the Angels aren’t going to be contending this year. They don’t need a #2 (when he’s on his game).
I agree. Just saying Berrios has some value vs Rendon having zero. I bet Berrios exercises the heck out of that option!
Or I guess Berrios has less negative value? A trade would mean the Jays pay $38M for nothing vs $70M for 3 years of a back end starter. Can they get a back end starter for 3 years for less than the difference?
@WadeBoggsWildRide
Yesavage is a question mark. Sophomore jinx stuff. Can Ponce’s stuff translate from KBO to the majors. Of course the Berrios situation. They’ve got Teideman and Francis in the minors, so there’s that. There’s a lot of fluidity in the rotation/pen. Adding this guy just makes it more volatile.
Just because it doesn’t make sense doesn’t mean the Angels won’t do it.
If the Angels aren’t going to be contending this year it’s doubtful they would sign QO recipient Zac Gallen and surrender their second-highest pick in this summer’s amateur draft along with $500K from their bonus pool during the next international signing period.:-)
#seacaptain77
Nobody expects the Moreno Effect!!
Would you rather have 200 innings with a 5.00 ERA or an injured guy? I might take the injured guy.
@Jason G
I think you just described a Zac Gallen profile, 192 IP, 4.83 ERA. While the results aren’t pretty (1.1 fWAR), going out for 6+ innings a game does have value. In this context, I’m leaning towards the 200 IP/5 ERA guy.
Get ready to learn Canadian, buddy!
The Mariners are going to have a team payroll approximately 50% that of Toronto’s.
And they’ll win just as many games!
World Series this year; to match the Seahawks World Championship!!!
I’m not your buddy, guy!!!!
Im not your guy, pal
I’m not your pal, friend
You mean Punjabi now
no not really man
@Jarred
You mean English?
unbelievable that Valdez is here with his market all but collapsed. who ever signs him- say 3 /85 or so with opt outs after each year will be getting a reliable high end 2. hope the Jays get him – stockpiling pitching seems to be a cornerstone of Dodgers modus operandi. and heh – if you can’t beat them…
His market hasn’t collapsed. He’s holding out for more money than teams have been willing to pay so far. At 32 with a recent reliable health and track record, he’s not signing an opt-out deal.
@Creech I’ll be shocked if gets more than a 1 year deal right now. He needs a year to put that cross up behind him because his market collapsed in that moment.
@Sal I’m gonna stand by my opinion.
No one is saying you shouldn’t, but I wouldn’t want this guy on my team.
Reliable? Did you see his last 12 games? Headcase, innings eater, clubhouse cancer, talented are all accurate descriptions. It’s telling that his prior team in need of top end pitching has made zero attempt at resigning him. Reliable? Laughable. Good Framber/Bad Framber? You never know.
Yikes. As a Red Sox fan I say… no thank you. Go to the NL
I mean why not sign him Berrios wasn’t great last year Yesavage doesn’t have a ton of experience and Ponce could either be a Cy Young finalist or a back end starter.
The Dodgers have like 10 starters. The Jays can have 7.
They need to move Berrios first.
@stu18germanator
Good luck with that.
I’d like the Rockies to pick him up if the cost is not too high and the Jays pick up a little bit of his salary.
He can hire Ohtani’s interpreter in case he needs a scapegoat.
Switching to a low-sodium diet may serve you well.
I think the Orioles would fit him better.
No downside to negotiations with him. If the Orioles drop the ball, they nab him for depth and his obvious upside. Rogers apparently has a limitless wallet and aren’t afraid to use it. But more likely, they drive the price up where it makes Baltimore uncomfortable and forces them to “put up or shut up”. I’m a Baltimore fan and unfortunately think that the Jays are being very shroud in how they’re approaching Fromber’s camp.
I agree, this whole article could be just to get the O’s to pony up a few more mil by creating interest in Toronto. He wants 5 years ? Give him 5/100.
Interesting, I thought my O’s would’ve signed him at this point but he’s still out there. Usually holding out this long doesn’t bode well for a generous contract. This might be one of those times where it pays off for the player though. If the Jays are still in on him, I think my O’s pivot to Gallen or a trade for a good starter, though I’m not sure who is available at this point. Interesting developments though. Love to see the Jays go all in as they were so dang close.
No idea what the O’s are waiting on. Unless they can pry Ryan or Lopez away from the Twins now that Falvey is gone Valdez is the only SP who will make a difference. Elias still has work to do.
Mayo for Kirby
There’s no excuse for Elias not signing Framber. Give him years, money, coupons, or tickets to the moon, but get it the bleep done.
No fall backs. No ‘not at such-n-such price’. No BS, MAKE Framber sign.
(If 3 of the top FA arms going to AL East…and the Orioles miss out, left with no chair when the music stops. Please no.)
10 years $500 million. Does that work?
You can also pay $2500 for a Nintendo Switch. No one else would, so why should you?
Susannah — “don’t be ridiculous cousin Bailky” — ’80’s TV voice.
Whatever the ask is from Framber’s camp, top it. Don’t try and work him into Orioles ideal price/length…just get him on his terms.
As far as Baseball players go, they are not mass produced like Switch’s are, nor are they identical. Players are closer to rare commodities, like fine art. If you want a Rembrandt, you pay for a Rembrandt…or you don’t have Rembrandt.
Not a lot of value in the Tucker deal in LA, but the Dodgers themselves decided to pay 120 million annually (because of the tax it’s double the salary). Just to say, money/cost/value aren’t ‘the’ factor but ‘a’ factor. ‘The’ factor is offering the best deal on the table for the Player. And there should be no hesitation from the Warehouse to ensure they have the best (or many different) offers.
That’s all I’m getting at; the excuse that another team made a better offer is a failure. Beat all offers, win the player.
First rule of negotiation: be prepared to walk away.
Next, always have a back up plan.
Also, always remember that this is a business. This is the part the fans never care to acknowledge.
There’s exceptions to all rules; and the market for professional athletes is uniquely so.
When the back up plans have all signed, you lose leverage/options. A rare commodity has become more precious, not less, in these market conditions.
Dunno if you’re thinking I’m confused about baseball being a business…if the inference is I some how don’t get that, well, my words will matter not than, and I can’t help you there.
There are always options. Not signing anyone is an option. Trading is an option. Trading during the season is an option. Topping all offer is actually not an option. That will only work against you. This is how you end up bidding against yourself. The worst decisions are made when things get desperate, however real that desperation is. Bidding against yourself is a desperation and not a negotiation.
Topping all offers isn’t an option? 🤔
The Blue Jays are ruining baseball! If they sign him it’s game over man!
/s
Who cares? Let Toronto lock up more long term money. They won’t keep spending at a Cohen level when too much dead money hits.
Toronto hasn’t been aggressive for a long time and their pockets have always been deep. They almost won a WS and want to get one in this window.
Lmao with the all out assault.
They got Cease, lost Bichette & grabbed 2 guys from overseas.
SCARY!
@WadeBoggs
Not an entire country. This Canadian despises the Blue Jays. Western Canada is a mix of fan bases and doesnt always cheer for the one located further away than Seattle, Minnesota, San Fransisco, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, Sacramento, or San Diego. The Jays can contract as far as I am concerned.
Cool story. Except, it was just released that Rogers profit for the 4th quarter last year rose 112%. To like 1.2 billion? The World Series was watched by more than 25% of the population of Canada. Do you realize what those types of numbers actually mean? You’re just one guy. But there are 40 million others in the country and as a whole it is Blue Jays land. Also forget Canada as a whole, Toronto is the 3rd largest market in North America on its own. They had the second highest attendance in the AL last year. A winning team here is a license to print money. So yes, it is the entire country. Minus 1 I guess.
Sooooo guessing you live in rural Alberta?
he’s a Canadian in Name Only. CanINO.
@Beenthere
Cool story. Rogers as a telecom company who also owns the broadcast rights to NHL in Canada and the Blue jays made a profit. Good for them. Im sure their investment in Telecommunications and broadcasting had nothing to do with that 112% increase. Nor did buying out Shaw Telecommincations last year.
And the world series averaged 8.1 million viewers in Canada last year less than 20%. You cherry picked one game where over 25% watched. Toronto fans in general are fair weather fans and delusional. Look at how many Leafs fans are beating their chests right now. But when the Leafs are relevant see them come out in drooves.
I think I know who you were rooting for in the last World Series…
With the jays defense its a nice move.
I know Berrios seems like the most likely to be traded but they could theoretically send gausman packing for an OF bat and be no worse for wear.
Would be a bold move though
Likely a very bad move to lock in 4-5 years to Valdez when you have Gausman for one and I think they’re about the same level in 2026.
If it’s this far in to the offseason you are prob looking at 1-3 year contract
If someone was giving him 5 years he would have signed
I dunno, Valdez could get a long term deal even this late. Different players/circumstances entirely but in 2019 Machado and Harper both signed late into the offseason and the contracts are each over a decade long. It’s possible, but the likelihood is low due to some red flags. Age, a poor 2nd half, and crossing up his catcher are points against him.
lol yeah they are going to ship out their ace and one of the most consistent pitchers in baseball to sign Valdez.
Gausman has never been an ace and is going into a walk season
Quite literally. Top 10-12 pitcher since 2021. Give your head a shake man.
Framber Valdez’ value would be maximized on a team with a great defensive infield. Andrés Giménez and Ernie Clement certainly offer that up the middle but the Blue Jays defense at the corners is a bit less certain.
Valdez best option would be to sign with the Cubs if they are still interested in adding another starting pitcher. Chicago might be more amenable to the multi-year deal that Valdez seeks considering three of their projected 2026 starters are pending free agents following the 2026 season.
@ Mr Mac
Have 2 of the past 4 Golg Glove 1st basemen been Blue Jays? I think they’re ok over there.
How liquid would Bieber’s contract be? Obviously depends on the medicals, but we see teams sign guys who are expected to start on the IL and be in season reinforcements all the time. I feel like the fans might stomach that better than Gausman.
Lauer’s salary is also not guaranteed. If everyone is healthy, maybe they just let him go at the end of spring? Or find a trade partner there. Even at his filing number after the bounce back season he had, they might find a taker for him. If Adrian Houser got a $22m guarantee, one would think a team would be more than happy to have a guy like Lauer for under $5.75m.
I like stockpiling starting pitching depth, but not if they spill into the bullpen. One low leverage long reliever is fine, but they’re already at a point where they are projected to have 2 or a 6 man rotation and a long reliever in a 7 man pen. Bullpens are kind of important.
This is a bad bad idea, like looking for tasty refreshments under the kitchen sink.
Having Yesavage start the year in AAA makes a ton of sense. Sure he looked good, but that was 40 innings, and he has options. Starting him in AAA is the way you make sure your first starting rotation injury of the season doesn’t hurt.
Nobody else can be stashed in the minors like that, and putting a starter in the bullpen doesn’t work very well because with how cautious they are about increasing pitch counts now it takes them 3 or 4 weeks to get stretched out again when you need them (by which time the injured starter might be back already, and your bullpen has been shredded).
You know he would pitch in the minors, too, and would be just as likely to get injured as the guys in the majors?
Yeah, but if he gets injured in the minors the Jays would not lose service time unless they put him on the 60 day IL. If he had TJ in the minors, he could just cost them a couple of option years instead of a couple of arbitration years.
Reading comprehension, please. I said absolutely nothing about any idea of “protecting” Yesavage. The whole point is that ANYBODY can get hurt, but Yesavage is the only one who can REPLACE the injured pitcher immediately.
With Yesavage in AAA, you can withstand an injury. With Yesavage in the rotation, you can’t stash any of the other guys in AAA so when somebody gets hurt you lose a bunch of games overtaxing your bullpen while trying to transition a guy back from the bullpen to the rotation.
Service time manipulation is a potential bonus for the team, but winning games in 2026 is by far the most important issue.
Jay’s get a bonus pick for keeping the (potential)ROY on the roster.
The kid barely topped 90 innings in college, is coming off his first professional half-season, has 50 innings above class A, and an unusual arm angle that takes the league a little bit to adjust to but they will adjust and he’ll have to counter-adjust. I like him, but I’d put the odds of him being rookie of the year around maybe 10% at best. Not worth losing games for a 10% shot at a draft pick.
Ridiculous man. Utterly ridiculous.
MLB projects him to possibly be a ROY candidate.
Nobody in the history of MLB has done what he has done but sure he doesn’t have a shot at ROY because smuzqwpdmx and BeenThereDoneIt has said it can’t happen.
I’d buy that!
Where did I say it can’t happen? I told the guy who said it wasn’t happening it was ridiculous
Sorry! My bad. I read that wrong. Thanks MLBTR.
In theory, yes. But his arrival kicked more established names out of the rotation including in the postseason. He only has 14 days of service because postseason doesn’t count. Starting him in the minors could be viewed as workload management (after the team has publicly said no limitations), or it could be seen as egregious service time manipulation.
@smuz
He’s still pitching innings just not on the mlb level unless you put him on an innings limit.
2 year pillow contract wouldn’t hurt the Jays much even with the draft pick loss. Valdez tailed off a bit late in the year but his track record is pretty solid.
You forgot about Bieber’s arm falling off and Framber’s end of year meltdown continuing ad infinitum.
Is that a thing? If so that is pretty hilarious.
Zenpoop
Technically they are also “the Giants of Canada,” “the Guardians of Canada,” and “the Marlins of Canada” since they are the only team there .
The Mariners team payroll is going to be about 50% of Toronto’s team payroll for 2026. I find that pretty funny.
Math is t exactly your strong suit, is it?
isnt*
isn’t
When your character is being questioned, a nice montage of your life’s kindness can go a long way.
Also who the hell cares. I’d rather a crazy guy like Scherz on the mound. Ask how nice he is.
According to the Jays last year he is actually beloved (outside his start days)
There’s a lot of arms in the Jays rotation but also a lot of question marks. Cease has shown inconsistencies from one year to the next but which pitcher will he be next year? Gausman has started to show signs of decline. Will it continue next year? and to what extent? Yesavage needs another pitch in his repertoire and even though he’s coming off a great debut, will hitters begin to figure him out and adjust to him as the scouting reports get filled out on him? What’s Berrios got left in that arm? He’s been a good pitcher and innings eater but how much lige has it got left? If the Jays thought it had much they wouldn’t have spent all off season trying to replace him. Ponce has never shown an ability to get big league hitters out. You’re really going to count on him? of course not, he’s a high paid gamble they’re hoping pans out. Sure, adding Framber looks great in paper with all those question marks but there’s one big problem. It doesn’t leave them with much cash to add another bat during the season. The Jays lost in the post season because they didn’t have the power hitting to match the Dodgers. They didn’t address that this off season and adding more starting pitching might help them get to the playoffs but it isn’t going to help them.win. You can only start so many guys and you still gotta outslug L.A if you get to the W.S. Save the money and go get a couple lefty power hitters.
No guarantees in life but you could almost tie Cease’s good years to throwing to quality defensive catchers whether that is throwing to Yasmani Grandal in 2022 ( CYA-2) or to Diaz/Maldonado (4.55 era) in 2025. Kirky is one of the best defensive catchers who should steal some strikes for Cease. We will see!
Man, there is just so much wrong with this post it’s not even worth it to point out all there’s. Just going to say, well done. That was very Trumpian of you.
Yeah, why not lol
Heyman trying to drum up business for his buddy again.
Trying to get the most recent highest bidder to pony up a few more mil lol
Walk away from Valdez and bring back Chris Bassit on a 1 year deal plus an option for year two if necessary. He would need to agree to being stretched out in spring as a starter but will to move to the bullpen if other starters are ready to go. He was lights out as a reliever in W.S. Then trade for C.J. Abrams, with Loperfido, Lauer, Leo Jimenez, and Tommy Nance going to Wash. Abrams moves to 2nd, Andres and Ernie share SS plus Ernie keeps utility roll. Wash gets 4 major league ready players in their opening lineup and Jays get starting infielder with speed and power.
Then there’s always the problems of the long customs lines, getting paid in Canadian dollars, and bartering with chickens.
Players are often seen around the streets of Toronto pushing wheelbarrows of coins, usually with a chicken under each arm…
Bestone _ It’s sad that your still harping on that BS. It’s not worth any response yet here I am again. Did you not get the same education that the rest of your American patriots received?
Hmmm…
100% sarcasm. Sorry if that didn’t register.
It’s my very cynical Canuckism coming through.
BTW….i have no connection to any American nor their insufficient education system.
Just trying to fan the flames…because it’s sooooo easy.
My bad. I’m really not doing very good with sarcasm today!
No one has mentioned the Jays still need a closer other than Hoffman. I don’t understand all the hate for Berrios, he’s been a workhorse for the Jays. I’d rather see the Jays resign Bassitt than Valdez, they can use him for mid relief or a starter if need be. Go Blue Jays.
Yeah…Bassitt is a team player, good in the community…
What’s holding them back?
Rogers will help Hoffman not be overused.