• Moderators, please send me a PM if you are unable to access mod permissions. Thanks, Habsy.

OT: MLB Thread

xposbrad said:
He's worth the money, David Price sells jerseys and merchandise, not JA Happs and Marco Estradas, lol. He's been a top 5 pitcher almost every year he's been in the league. Because Toronto didn't sign him, he's not worth the money, had he signed there, he'd be worth every penny and then some lol. Toronto doesn't want to spend the money, otherwise they needed a #1 pitcher to slot ahead of Stroman. If they don't make the post season, it will because Rogers cheaped out. There were PLENTY of top rotation starters available this offseason, one of the rarest you had such a quantity of high quality starters. Plain and simple, rogers went cheap.
Click to expand...

Along with everyone but the Red Sox. Nobody was going to match that offer period.

The Jays can still add this off season or at the deadline just like they did last year.

Also... I am pretty sure Jay's jersey sales will do just fine with the league MVP and the best offence in all of baseball :lol
 
xposbrad said:
He's worth the money, David Price sells jerseys and merchandise, not JA Happs and Marco Estradas, lol. He's been a top 5 pitcher almost every year he's been in the league. Because Toronto didn't sign him, he's not worth the money, had he signed there, he'd be worth every penny and then some lol. Toronto doesn't want to spend the money, otherwise they needed a #1 pitcher to slot ahead of Stroman. If they don't make the post season, it will because Rogers cheaped out. There were PLENTY of top rotation starters available this offseason, one of the rarest you had such a quantity of high quality starters. Plain and simple, rogers went cheap.
Click to expand...

i agree, the Jays would have made the Price money back, easily.
 
I think people really underestimate the magnitude of the Price contract for Toronto.

-He is now the highest paid pitcher in MLB history.
-The Red Sox outbid the next closest suitor by $30m.
-The 2015 Red Sox payroll is $65m more than the Blue Jays.

If the Jays signed Price, they are spending almost as much as the Red Sox are on payroll and likely jump into the top 5 payrolls in baseball. That is just not fiscally responsible. The Jays play in a smaller market, they battle with the Canadian dollar, and they don't get the type of TV deals that the NYY, Sox, Dodgers etc. get. Look at ticket sales, the Sox are a dead last team and still outdrew the first place Blue Jays who had never been to the playoffs in 10 years! You can't pay a guy that plays 1 out of every 5 games a huge chunk of change when you have Bautista and Encarnacion (Guys that actually perform in the playoffs) contracts coming up at the end of the season....bananas.

It was never realistic that they were going to sign Price. People need to shake their heads. The Jays are not owned by Mark Cuban or some eccentric owner who is willing to take a loss in the pocketbook to win games. Would it be nice to have that? Sure... but how many teams do?
 
Habs4Life said:
I think people really underestimate the magnitude of the Price contract for Toronto.

-He is now the highest paid pitcher in MLB history.
-The Red Sox outbid the next closest suitor by $30m.
-The 2015 Red Sox payroll is $65m more than the Blue Jays.

If the Jays signed Price, they are spending almost as much as the Red Sox are on payroll and likely jump into the top 5 payrolls in baseball. That is just not fiscally responsible. The Jays play in a smaller market, they battle with the Canadian dollar, and they don't get the type of TV deals that the NYY, Sox, Dodgers etc. get. Look at ticket sales, the Sox are a dead last team and still outdrew the first place Blue Jays who had never been to the playoffs in 10 years! You can't pay a guy that plays 1 out of every 5 games a huge chunk of change when you have Bautista and Encarnacion (Guys that actually perform in the playoffs) contracts coming up at the end of the season....bananas.

It was never realistic that they were going to sign Price. People need to shake their heads. The Jays are not owned by Mark Cuban or some eccentric owner who is willing to take a loss in the pocketbook to win games. Would it be nice to have that? Sure... but how many teams do?
Click to expand...

Not to mention that our dollar is worth nothing
 
Jeremy Taggart
‏Jays got as far as they could with their pitching staff. It wasn't enough. They took a step back as of right now. They better figure it out.
 
Ken Rosenthal ‏
Again: Greinke deal is six years, $206M with deferrals, per sources. Deferrals will lower present-day value of contract.
 
Habs4Life said:
I think people really underestimate the magnitude of the Price contract for Toronto.

-He is now the highest paid pitcher in MLB history.
-The Red Sox outbid the next closest suitor by $30m.
-The 2015 Red Sox payroll is $65m more than the Blue Jays.

If the Jays signed Price, they are spending almost as much as the Red Sox are on payroll and likely jump into the top 5 payrolls in baseball. That is just not fiscally responsible. The Jays play in a smaller market, they battle with the Canadian dollar, and they don't get the type of TV deals that the NYY, Sox, Dodgers etc. get. Look at ticket sales, the Sox are a dead last team and still outdrew the first place Blue Jays who had never been to the playoffs in 10 years! You can't pay a guy that plays 1 out of every 5 games a huge chunk of change when you have Bautista and Encarnacion (Guys that actually perform in the playoffs) contracts coming up at the end of the season....bananas.

It was never realistic that they were going to sign Price. People need to shake their heads. The Jays are not owned by Mark Cuban or some eccentric owner who is willing to take a loss in the pocketbook to win games. Would it be nice to have that? Sure... but how many teams do?
Click to expand...

great post and this contract will be an utter disaster in 3 years for Boston .....ask Detroit what Verlander and his 5 wins got them last year
 
Just a short 6 years ago Greinke signed a 4 year contract for 38 million, and that was considered a big contract. Crazy
 
xposbrad said:
Salaries are out of control this offseason.
Click to expand...
No they arent. Players in baseball get like 45 % of baseball related revenue. Thats less than any of the other three sports and they are the ones without the cap.

Tv deals in baseball exploded over the last 5 years. Thats why salaries are rising.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top