George Springer's ALCS Performance

Jays can also clinch tomorrow if they win and both DET and BOS lose.

Confirming Jays can still clinch tomorrow with a win and a CLE loss. Gives TOR 90 wins min and CLE can max at 90. For CLE to max at 90 though that means DET max wins is 91. For DET to max at 91 means BOS can only max at 89. If DET beats BOS 2-1, and all 4 teams 90 wins, CLE gets ALC, TOR wins WC.

ruh roh…

new podcast here ... catching up on some jays news w/ Arden ... thanks for listening! www.sportsnet.ca/podcasts/at-...

In BNS’s latest, he talks up the Alonso and Scherzer interest, then drops this cheeky little nugget…👀

MLB is currently investigating why the Blue Jays didn't finish second in the Santander signing.

fun blast from the past here as Tim Dierkes recalls the origins of MLBTR's arbitration projections with Tim & myself assisting the excellent work of Matt Swartz

i had wondered whether SD/LAD & TOR would all be trading for international bonus space this morning, but some people with knowledge think Roki Sasaki will make his choice first, at which point the chosen team will have the chance to trade for added cap space by Jan. 23

“The mere fact that Sasaki was in Toronto this late in the process is telling: the Blue Jays are serious players here.” - Rosenthal

per Rosenthal: Sasaki travelled to Toronto last week to meet with the Jays, TSN’s Scott Mitchell was strongly implying this was the case and appears to have been correct. 👀

SOURCE: The Orioles backed out of a deal with Jeff Hoffman after seeing his kids names

typically this is the time of year leverage flips from players to teams a bit, but some plugged in ppl think Jays now have to overpay to land free agents and typically Jays are pretty disciplined

my impression from talking to plugged-in people at the Winter Meetings was the Dodgers, Blue Jays & Red Sox were leading contenders for Teoscar Hernandez ... it's clear Teo & Vlad Jr. would love to play together again, as they remain close ... similar player type to Anthony Santander, yet fewer yrs

Is Shi starting to believe??

A) BNS is a damn gem (doesn’t get enough credit for how measured and insightful he is, doesn’t blow smoke, etc. Fanbase is lucky to have him. B) Stay for the xmas party question at the end, it’s gold.

👀 per Andy Martino #BlueJays

#BlueJays 🧵 BNS on Bunkis this morning: - no credibility to the soto/boston smoke - “nothing I’ve heard tells me that Boston is the favorite there.” - Jays have interest in Bregman, doesn’t see him signing b4 Soto - Vlad extension unlikely right now, maybe in the new year with market clarity

I think I'm could talk myself into Bregman being the #1 backup option for the Jays after Soto. Not at 300M, but maybe 200 or slightly less?

could be something, could be nothin, but Bregman did name Bo and Vlad as his SS and 1B when asked to build his dream infield in an interview a while back… #BlueJays

5 years sober today but still hooked on transactions soooo if the #BlueJays wanna swing one for me today, that’d be super. (no offense to Michael Stefanic but that doesn’t count…)

This is an excellent get-you-up-to-speed article about the Rays stadium drama. If I had to guess the Rays leave the Tampa Bay Area now. Not sure what is left that is workable. www.draysbay.com/2024/11/22/2...

Another wrinkle with Kikuchi deal. Is it a sign Boras is willing to move a bit earlier? This yr he reps more top players than usual (Soto, Burnes, Snell, Alonso, Kim, Bregman, O’Neill, Manaea etc etc). Some ppl think he’ll be more motivated to make moves in & around winter mtgs than he was a yr ago.

Bowden vs Nightengale which is it, lads?

also if that’s the price for tier two of the free agent SP’s, may as well go after one of the big boys #BlueJays

Kikuchi to Angels for 3/63 per Heyman. If the Angels can get early deals done, especially for names near the top of the FA pool, anyone can.

ahh yes the time honoured tradition in our house of telling the kids to “be good or we’ll feed you to the demon tree”.

look, the romano thing sucks for all parties but when you write a full on hit piece aimed at the FO as if they just screwed him over, maybe don’t slip in the one paragraph that completely justifies a decision, just sayin…

awards are done. let’s get to transacting.

rip Jays BTS. we hardly knew ye.

Definitely thought the Jays might have protected Lazaro Estrada and/or Phil Clarke. Will be interesting to see what fridays tender deadline brings…

And because teams facing roster crunches will need to make room for 40-man additions sooner than that (Rule 5 deadline is tomorrow afternoon), wouldn't be surprising if a few of those moves happen today and/or tomorrow.

I’ll take any kind of transaction at this point, no matter how small.

people say the Jays would have no problem signing a qualified free agent this year… cost of lost pick(s) would presumably just be baked into any offers

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Passan certainly has the Jays big game hunting…name drops them on Soto, Burnes, Fried, Bregman… 👀 t.co/5ZXqtrQUrB

“A suite of players that, if the Jays are able, could push them beyond (current budget). The simplest way I guess to put it is if Jays are able to accomplish something significant then they’ve got 1 budget, if they have to go in a different route it’s a secondary budget.” - Shi t.co/XQ2C6ZFXfD

Sasaki being posted now is a VERY interesting development. 👀