Blue Jays Discussion: Off-Season Pt V: Spring(er) has Sprung: Jays sign OF George Springer (6y/$150m)

[The Nemesis]

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Also, to be clear, yes, that actually happened:

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[hockeywiz542]

 

[Man Bear Pig]

I come from the land of chocolate.

 

[zeke]

Congrats, Shatkins.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

 

[TopChedder]

Congrats, Shatkins.

Great signing!

Moves will follow for sure. I could see Brantley coming over and one more frontline starter.

I would like to see them upgrade 3rd as well but if we end up with Springer, Brantley, (insert starter) and Yates I will not complain.

 

[Gargyn]

Great signing!

Moves will follow for sure. I could see Bradley coming over and one more frontline starter.

I would like to see them upgrade 3rd as well but if we end up with Springer, Bradley, (insert starter) and Yates I will not complain.

Are you talking about Jackie Bradley Jr? Why would we go for him now?

 

[TopChedder]

Are you talking about Jackie Bradley Jr? Why would we go for him now?

Oh poop

My phone did that lol

I meant Brantley.

 

[EpochLink]

 

[phillipmike]

 

[Dave92]

Wow didn't think this would actually happen it took so long.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Are you talking about Jackie Bradley Jr? Why would we go for him now?

If we miss on Brantley, Bradley jr. Would be a solid 4th outfielder for us. Hes an average bat but excellent defensively. Hes a massive upgrade on Fisher or Grichuk. Not that I think that's where the money should go, but, nonetheless.

 

[sparxx87]

Wow, they did it! Never thought he’d choose Toronto.

Didn’t realize Springer was already 31 so the 6 years seems risky, but hard to be mad at the Jays actually signing a free agent of his caliber.

 

[LeafsOHLRangers98]

Curious to see how the contract is structured. Hopefully front loaded to free up some money for the kids later on.

 

[613Leafer]

Wow, they did it! Never thought he’d choose Toronto.

Didn’t realize Springer was already 31 so the 6 years seems risky, but hard to be mad at the Jays actually signing a free agent of his caliber.

Presumably it's heavily front loaded. Pay Springer big money now while Vlad, Nate, Bo, Lourdes, etc cost almost nothing, and then have his contract decline to something more reasonable as the young core starts making the big $$.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Shout out to the seemingly random guy on twitter, Brendon Kuhn. He called it. I thought he was full of shit given he had no twitter followers but here we are.

 

[BAM]

Shout out to the seemingly random guy on twitter, Brendon Kuhn. He called it. I thought he was full of shit given he had no twitter followers but here we are.

Every verified insider was once a twitter account with no followers.

 

[theaub]

Never in doubt

 

[Blue Nate]

Assuming we miss on Bauer - what other moves could we make to get a mid to high end starter?

Sonny Gray?
Hendricks (+ Bryant)?

If we are still in on Brantley that could mean they have a deal in place involving Gurriel jr already.

 

[The Podium]

Nice, aside from the obvious I like that he adds some leadership and playoff experience to this young group

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Every verified insider was once a twitter account with no followers.

Except most have some sort of connection to somebody and dont come completely out of the blue. Makes me wonder if he's buddies with someone like Vendetta. Seems like a good way to get a career going. #Conspiracy

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Assuming we miss on Bauer - what other moves could we make to get a mid to high end starter?

Sonny Gray?
Hendricks (+ Bryant)?

If we are still in on Brantley that could mean they have a deal in place involving Gurriel jr already.

Tanaka and Paxton are still available. I'd be surprised if we didn't get Paxton tbh. Walker seems like he wants to come back as well. Still missing that #2 in that scenario. If Brantley jr is signed theres a good chance they'd go after one of the Reds starters. Guys like Grichuk and Fisher are as good as gone and would be involved. Tellez as well as Gurriel. Theres a lot of moving parts and between all of those players and a prospect or two, we should be able to land a pretty good starter.

 

[Anthrax442]

They did it, Naylor!

 

[Maplebeasts]

Oh hell yeah! Now just get two of Odo//Paxton/Masahiro and this team is golden.

 

[Mr Knies Guy]

Agree with a couple posters from last thread on giving up assets for Castillo may be the better move over Bauer; I’d be scared of throwing in on Bauer with his track record or lack thereof.