Post Winter Meetings
Friday, December 13 2024 @ 10:02 AM EST
Contributed by: John Northey
Well, the old thread was overflowing so time for a new one.
Where are the Jays now? Post-Winter Meetings?
- New 2B in Andrés Giménez who is viewed as the best infielder in baseball fielding wise, but his bat has dropped from a 141 wRC+ in '22 to an 83 last year.
- New reliever in Nick Sandlin who catches me as nothing special. Solid K/9 over 10, but BB/9 over 4, averages less than an inning a game.
- New reliever in Michael Petersen - a waiver wire claim from Miami. High K reliever in the minors who hasn't shown it in the majors yet.
- New infielder in Michael Stefanic who hasn't hit much 69 OPS+ in 233 PA, but in AAA (PCL) hit 346/435/475 lifetime (320 games). Might be something useful there, probably not, but a good guy to put onto the 40 man depending on defense (2B/3B).
- Goodbye to Horwitz, Jordan Romano, Dillon Tate, Genesis Cabrera, and others.
So now what is the question. Rumors are strong around Burnes but he seems to be hesitating to sign. Wonder if he wants to go out west but the Jays have the best offer so he is debating cash vs location. Bizarre rumor that the Jays have a shot at Roki Sasaki which I don't buy at all - fun to dream of but realistically he is going to a west coast team, most likely the Dodgers. New rumor is Luis Castillo is available (Seattle) - seems an Atkins favorite, he eats innings consistently signed for 3+ option at under $25 per. Would be damn nice to have, but odds are they'll ask far too much.
Nothing much being said about hitters lately but the Jays now have 3B/DH/LF fairly wide open so anything is possible. Vlad asking for $450/10 vs Jays offering $350/10 according to some rumors, wonder if the Jays would do $450/15 (ie: lock him in for a career)?
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