Wilbur Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 1 hour ago, runningback33 said: Blue Jays among teams interested in CF Michael A Taylor Not sure if that moves the needle much for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 My god we're in on Yamamoto now too??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Long Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 how much money does TO have to spend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 1 minute ago, Bob Long said: how much money does TO have to spend? When they're owned by a multi billion dollar company, money is not an issue. And Atkins has flat out said they have full support from ownership to do whatever is needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Long Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 17 minutes ago, Pears said: When they're owned by a multi billion dollar company, money is not an issue. And Atkins has flat out said they have full support from ownership to do whatever is needed. crazy. Well, I hope this isn't all a big tease. This team needs something special. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 Updated Jays chances. The discussion is interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Pears said: My god we're in on Yamamoto now too??? Kikuchi is their recruiter. Someone said Yamamoto wants to go to a team that already has a Japanese player. Edited December 7, 2023 by Jaimito Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 (edited) Edited December 7, 2023 by Jaimito Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bounce000 Posted December 7, 2023 Author Share Posted December 7, 2023 Soto to Yankees is pretty much a done deal, waiting on trade details Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuckin_futz Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 I'd say the rumored package from Toronto was 10x better. Although if that's what it took for the Jays to get him I'm glad they didn't make that trade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel D Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 It is a lot for just one year of control for Soto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 4 hours ago, Colonel D said: It is a lot for just one year of control for Soto Yeah, any other agent you could at least say you have a year to work on an extension, but Soto is a Boras client, so you know he's going to free agency to cash in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern_Nuck Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 13 hours ago, Jaimito said: Kikuchi is their recruiter. Someone said Yamamoto wants to go to a team that already has a Japanese player. Kikuchi went to school with Ohtani. However kikuchi was a few years older and was Ohtani’s hero growing up. This could be a huge deciding factor with Shohei and if it factors in, this was a huge example of playing chess while others are playing checkers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern_Nuck Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 (edited) 50 minutes ago, Wilbur said: Yeah, any other agent you could at least say you have a year to work on an extension, but Soto is a Boras client, so you know he's going to free agency to cash in. He already turned down 44 x10 years from Washington. Edited December 7, 2023 by Northern_Nuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern_Nuck Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 15 hours ago, Bob Long said: how much money does TO have to spend? Jays have been said to have about 200 million allocated to payroll. However the rumour is that they’ve been granted an extra 100 million unicorn fund to try/if they land Ohtani. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 3 hours ago, Northern_Nuck said: Kikuchi went to school with Ohtani. However kikuchi was a few years older and was Ohtani’s hero growing up. This could be a huge deciding factor with Shohei and if it factors in, this was a huge example of playing chess while others are playing checkers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupertKBD Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 (edited) The top of that Yankee lineup is going to be tough to pitch to.... Lemahieu, Soto and Judge..... Then you have Stanton, Rizzo, Torres and Verdugo..... Hopefully the pitching sucks, because that lineup is going to score some runs....especially if Rizzo regains his form.... Edited December 7, 2023 by RupertKBD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Arrogant Worms Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 SIMMONS: Rogers dropping NHL rights makes Ohtani deal possible for Blue Jays https://canoe.com/sports/baseball/toronto-blue-jays/simmons-if-blue-jays-sign-ohtani-rogers-may-drop-nhl-deal/wcm/5d73d0ed-4516-4f06-922b-bded024d032e Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 So uhhh...how much stock should we put into the Daily Mail? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mlb/article-12839191/shohei-ohtani-toronto-blue-jays-frontrunners.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern_Nuck Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 5 hours ago, Jaimito said: That’s awesome that they already have repoire, I’m hoping that translates to something positive for us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern_Nuck Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 25 minutes ago, Pears said: So uhhh...how much stock should we put into the Daily Mail? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mlb/article-12839191/shohei-ohtani-toronto-blue-jays-frontrunners.html I don’t know, but on the mlb network last night 1 analyst said he thinks it’s 60% chance Ohtani signs with Jays, another said that’s abit high but he’d say it’s no lower than 50-55%. I hope he does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern_Nuck Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 46 minutes ago, The Arrogant Worms said: SIMMONS: Rogers dropping NHL rights makes Ohtani deal possible for Blue Jays https://canoe.com/sports/baseball/toronto-blue-jays/simmons-if-blue-jays-sign-ohtani-rogers-may-drop-nhl-deal/wcm/5d73d0ed-4516-4f06-922b-bded024d032e I think that could be true in the front end, but they’re saying that even if the Jays got him at 6-700 million over 10+ years… with Rogers owning the team and the broadcasting rights, they’d stand to Profit 1 Billion in that timeframe on Shotime himself, because major networks in the USA would have to pay to broadcast him and Japan networks would pay to be able to broadcast his games as well. So I think even if Rogers forfeits NHL broadcasting rights up front, they’d be in a good position to buy them back in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bounce000 Posted December 8, 2023 Author Share Posted December 8, 2023 7 hours ago, RupertKBD said: The top of that Yankee lineup is going to be tough to pitch to.... Lemahieu, Soto and Judge..... Then you have Stanton, Rizzo, Torres and Verdugo..... Hopefully the pitching sucks, because that lineup is going to score some runs....especially if Rizzo regains his form.... Well it’s over before it began when Cole starts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupertKBD Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 2 minutes ago, Bounce000 said: Well it’s over before it began when Cole starts. Yep, but if they go one or two quality starts out of five for the balance of the season, I'll be satisfied.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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