Blue Jays Discussion: Spring Training '19 Part 1: It wouldn't be spring training without drama

[Anthrax442]

 

[canucksfan]

Beat me to it.

Why would they do this?

 

[Anthrax442]

Beat me to it.

Why would they do this?

depth?

 

[canucksfan]

depth?

I assume he goes toAAA. Has a decent k rate at least.

 

[Marshy]

If Bo does, he will get the same 3 weeks delay crap Vladdy is getting this year.

What if a team went to a player agent and said something along the lines of:

"We aren't going to play the delay service time game with your client. We know he's ready. He deserves fairness now. We want to start out this relationship fairly because we want to foster fairness and trust and we are thinking long term. We are counting on that being a mutual understanding in all future contract negotiations."

Also shows other agents that the Jays are a good employer who are willing to pay for performance.

 

[Anthrax442]

What if a team went to a player agent and said something along the lines of:

"We aren't going to play the delay service time game with your client. We know he's ready. He deserves fairness now. We want to start out this relationship fairly because we want to foster fairness and trust and we are thinking long term. We are counting on that being a mutual understanding in all future contract negotiations."

Also shows other agents that the Jays are a good employer who are willing to pay for performance.

Shapiro just had a heart attack

 

[Anthrax442]

Altho this just popped on my feed:

Blue Jays ready to embrace change, finalizing minor-league...

Blue Jays ready to embrace change, finalizing minor-league pay increase of more than 50 percent

At a time of intense discussion over the low salaries of minor leaguers, the Toronto Blue Jays are positioning themselves as an organization ready to embrace change.
When the “Save America’s Pastime” act passed in March 2018, depriving minor leaguers of overtime pay beyond a 40-hour work week, the Blue Jays already were talking about how they could improve the compensation of players in their farm system.
A year later, the team is in the process of finalizing a pay increase of more than 50 percent for any player who is on a roster of an affiliated minor-league club, from the lowest rung in the Dominican Summer League to the highest level at Triple A, club officials told The Athletic.
“It puts us right now up at the top of the scale in the industry,” Jays vice president of baseball operations Ben Cherington said on Saturday. “My hope is it doesn’t stay that way. My hope is other teams eventually do the same.
“We hope that it allows our players to have the freedom and comfort to make some good choices, whether it’s where to live, where to eat, etc. We just feel like it’s consistent with our values of trying to be a player-centered organization and give them every resource possible to be at their best.”
The Blue Jays, perhaps the first organization in major-league history led by four current or former farm directors – Cherington, farm director Gil Kim, general manager Ross Atkins, president and CEO Mark Shapiro – have particular insight into the plight of minor leaguers.
(Compensation levels for minor leaguers vary widely but Save America’s Pastime Act, for instance, brought the monthly pay of Single-A players from $1,100 to $1,160. The Athletic’s Levi Weaver wrote in depth about minor-league salaries last spring.)
Shapiro gave the final approval to increase the budget for minor-league salaries, and the initiative also included contributions from director of minor-league operations Charlie Wilson, director of baseball operations Mike Murov and baseball operations assistant Meg Evans, Cherington said.
“It’s a comprehensive increase for every minor-league player,” Cherington said. “While it’s not going to be life-changing for any particular player, in total it’s a real sum of money. So, obviously, there’s a budgeting process as well. We had to go through that.”

 

[TheBeastCoast]

What if a team went to a player agent and said something along the lines of:

"We aren't going to play the delay service time game with your client. We know he's ready. He deserves fairness now. We want to start out this relationship fairly because we want to foster fairness and trust and we are thinking long term. We are counting on that being a mutual understanding in all future contract negotiations."

Also shows other agents that the Jays are a good employer who are willing to pay for performance.

Then 3 years down the line when Bo is an all star he kicks his agent to the curb and hires Boras and nice words mean nothing.

 

[phillipmike]

What if a team went to a player agent and said something along the lines of:

"We aren't going to play the delay service time game with your client. We know he's ready. He deserves fairness now. We want to start out this relationship fairly because we want to foster fairness and trust and we are thinking long term. We are counting on that being a mutual understanding in all future contract negotiations."

Also shows other agents that the Jays are a good employer who are willing to pay for performance.

Being upfront means nothing. It is against the rules to keep any player down for service time reasons even if the player is ok with it.

It’s like an employer paying someone $10 an hour and the employee is ok with it. It doesn’t matter, the minimum wage is $14, you can’t negotiate something that is against the rules/laws.

 

[Anthrax442]

OMG lmao

 

[phillipmike]

This never ends

Jays should just release the guy, save money, the headache and give him a fresh start elsewhere. Let Urena and Gurriel share the position until Vladdy is ready and then Drury and Gurriel can share 2B.

 

[Diamond Joe Quimby]

OMG lmao

 

[TootooTrain]

Reminds me of my sister in law. They post the most random in-depth thoughts on social media.
But hey, if he pitches well, then all is forgotten.

 

[Anthrax442]

.
But hey, if he pitches well, then all is forgotten.

because he will be traded

 

[Advanced stats]

because he will be traded

Or he becomes a great part of our rotation, which is seriously lacking in quality

 

[FreeBird]

So how do you rate Pete Walker as a Pitching Coach? Does the staff get better on a yearly basis?

 

[Cor]

This never ends

OMG lmao

Death
Taxes
Devon Travis injuries
Marcus Stroman saying stupid shit

 

[canucksfan]

I like the idea of Grichuk leading off.

Sanchez wasn't too sharp.

 

[shaner8989]

Tepera should not be on the team

 

[shaner8989]

Make that... tepera better not be on the team

Guys pathetic

 

[TootooTrain]

Spring training camera work. Was he swatting at flies?

 

[dredeye]

OMG lmao

Man he can't help but come across as the ultimate douche.

 

[Morgs]

That could've been nasty Bo.

 

[Anthrax442]

Or he becomes a great part of our rotation, which is seriously lacking in quality

I don't think he starts another year with us. He is a wacko and this management doesnt like that

 

[Discoverer]

If I hated every move this management team had made, increasing minor-league salaries by 50% would basically erase everything and earn them all my respect.

How can you not appreciate this move? I look forward to learning.