Jays favourites to re-sign Price????

[qwikdraw]

http://www.sportsnet.ca/shows/tim-and-sid-show/ts-blue-jays-may-be-the-favorites-for-david-price/

Pay that man his money!!!

[kidr1211]

Rogers isn't going to outbid the red sox cubs or dodgers

[Santoki]

OMG breaking news!

[Saul Goodman]

Price
Stroman
Estrada
dickey
Hutch
......
Chavez

sign me up!

[Boogie!]

where is this coming from? honestly, these types of reports only lead to huge letdowns... im not getting my hopes up...

[RalphWiggum]

The only question is is David Price the type of guy that's willing to give up 35-40 million dollars to play where he'd prefer to play when at the end of the day he'll still make at least 160-170 million dollars? The man is going to be filthy rich either way but 40 million is a lot of money to leave on the table depending on the lifestyle that he wants. I can't blame him for taking the money but at what point is money that much more about important than being where you want to be when the money is still insanely good?

My guess as a blue jay fan is his agent will hold the jays hands to the fire and Price will end up elsewhere based on a couple million per year. This team has a history of not paying that little more that's needed to get deals done.

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Yeah this sounds like "Price wants to come back" and "Blue Jays want him"

But reality is that Rogers is cheap and we are likely to get outbid by a fair margin and Price will likely take an extra year or an extra few million a year to go elsewhere.

[James_Raptors]

Blue Jays "want him back. Price "wants to come back". Price adds one more team on the sheet of teams desiring his services, thus , potentially, jacking up his price (no pun intended). The Jays look like they expressed the interest warranted for a pitcher of his caliber. I would be shocked if we outbid any of the big teams looking add this ace. I would be less surprised if Price took less money to stay with us, but we better be close!


I still think the only team in the AL that has a realistic shot is Boston. I feel that Price would prefer to go the NL and I'd rank the teams, in order as the Cubs, Dodgers and Cards (assuming they'll dish out that money). I've always felt he's going to the Chicago Cubs, even before the Jays traded for him.

[North_of_Border]

If this is true, Fantastic. Maybe Price wants to return and Rogers is ready to invest....though i wont get my hopes up.

Either way, if the jays are an option for Price, i think his little time spent in Toronto must have left a good impression... If the Tigers never trades him to Toronto lasr deadline, Toronto would not even have a shot at him now.

[Skin Blues]

Blue Jays "want him back. Price "wants to come back".

Blue Jays "don't want to spend a lot more money". Price "wants a lot more money". It's great that he wants to come here if that means his price would be lower, but I don't think this is very likely.

[qwikdraw]

It's ridiculous that when a super star player WANTS to come here (assuming the reports are true) that Rogers, the richest owners in the whole damn league, who must have generated an insane amount of TV revenue last year (which we aren't privy to), require him to sign at a discount. I'm not saying David Price is worth the money he will get, but who gives a damn. If that's his market price then Rogers should pony up the money. A team with Price, Stroman, Estrada, Dickey, and whoever, plus this lineup, plus a year of playoff experience goes into the season as world series favourites. Just think about how much money a whole year like the last 2 months of last season would generate for Rogers. This is a no brainer.

[Lateral Quicks]

Wait, I thought we we more interested in Greinke...

[Santoki]

Made up reports are made up. Price, who is probably getting yelled at by his agent, even tweeted it out right after.

This article headline is also misleading. It's Tim and George Strombo talking hypothetically about the tweet that David Kaplan put out.

Jays fans never learn...smh.

[Yosemite Dan]

Signing Price to any long term deal between 25 and 30 million is incredibly stupid. Let him go. He's not worth it. Everybody's current favorite annoying term is "regression candidate", if there is a player who is the poster boy for a regression candidate, it's Price. The guy is a power pitcher entering his 30's with alot of mileage. We're gonna end up with another Verlander.

And the 2 or 3 years (and that's being optimistic) of ace quality pitching we may get out of him during the regular season won't translate into the playoffs because he usually craps the bed. Whats the point of we can;t count on him in the playoffs. There are alot of other pitchers available who will give us what Price ends up giving us at a lot less cost. The Jays should concentrate on those pitchers rather than overpay Price in which they will regret doing a year later much like the Vernon Wells deal. We're not the Dodgers where we recklessly hand out 150 to 200 million contracts and just eat our mistake. Signing Price will affect our payroll negatively for the next 5 to 7 years and he's not even close to worth it when he was our 3rd best pitcher in the playoffs (when it actually counts) and the manager wasn't even comfortable starting him.

[Natural11]

Signing Price to any long term deal between 25 and 30 million is incredibly stupid. Let him go. He's not worth it. Everybody's current favorite annoying term is "regression candidate", if there is a player who is the poster boy for a regression candidate, it's Price. The guy is a power pitcher entering his 30's with alot of mileage. We're gonna end up with another Verlander.

And the 2 or 3 years (and that's being optimistic) of ace quality pitching we may get out of him during the regular season won't translate into the playoffs because he usually craps the bed. Whats the point of we can;t count on him in the playoffs. There are alot of other pitchers available who will give us what Price ends up giving us at a lot less cost. The Jays should concentrate on those pitchers rather than overpay Price in which they will regret doing a year later much like the Vernon Wells deal. We're not the Dodgers where we recklessly hand out 150 to 200 million contracts and just eat our mistake. Signing Price will affect our payroll negatively for the next 5 to 7 years and he's not even close to worth it when he was our 3rd best pitcher in the playoffs (when it actually counts) and the manager wasn't even comfortable starting him.

We were also able to trade Vernon Wells and there's no way Price will tank to that level. If you're 2-3 years into the Price deal and the ballclub is struggling, you can unload him for prospects.

[Yosemite Dan]

Signing Price to any long term deal between 25 and 30 million is incredibly stupid. Let him go. He's not worth it. Everybody's current favorite annoying term is "regression candidate", if there is a player who is the poster boy for a regression candidate, it's Price. The guy is a power pitcher entering his 30's with alot of mileage. We're gonna end up with another Verlander.

And the 2 or 3 years (and that's being optimistic) of ace quality pitching we may get out of him during the regular season won't translate into the playoffs because he usually craps the bed. Whats the point of we can;t count on him in the playoffs. There are alot of other pitchers available who will give us what Price ends up giving us at a lot less cost. The Jays should concentrate on those pitchers rather than overpay Price in which they will regret doing a year later much like the Vernon Wells deal. We're not the Dodgers where we recklessly hand out 150 to 200 million contracts and just eat our mistake. Signing Price will affect our payroll negatively for the next 5 to 7 years and he's not even close to worth it when he was our 3rd best pitcher in the playoffs (when it actually counts) and the manager wasn't even comfortable starting him.

We were also able to trade Vernon Wells and there's no way Price will tank to that level. If you're 2-3 years into the Price deal and the ballclub is struggling, you can unload him for prospects.

Just because we managed to unload Wells doesn't mean we can easily do that with Price. Getting rid of Price once he loses velocity is gonna be tougher or Detroit would have gotten rid of Verlander by now. We all want the Jays to take it the next level and get into the World Series. Price has consistently shown he can't be counted on in the post season so I don't think he's even close to being the best option for how he's going to affect the roster cost wise. We have an aging Martin and Tulo making 20 million 2017, 2018 and 2019. Add that to the 30 million for Price and this team will be also rans for quite a few years for trying to win in 2016 with a pitcher with a horrible post season record. Makes no sense to me.

[Steelo Green]

David Kaplan from CSN claimed this story.

[King of Canada]

Jays are on the cusp of having a virtual sellout every single game, and it comes down to locking up an ace and patching up the bullpen. Rogers must know that they can make that money back. Do it now rather than be a treadmill team for the next quarter of a century.

[James_Raptors]

Blue Jays "want him back. Price "wants to come back".

Blue Jays "don't want to spend a lot more money". Price "wants a lot more money". It's great that he wants to come here if that means his price would be lower, but I don't think this is very likely.

Well that was kind of my point. It was tongue in cheek and would work out for both sides, if you assume Jays can't afford him in he first place (money, term or both)

[Indiana Jones]

Considering the Jays front office has an incredible ability to keep a lid on their moves, I disregard all of these rumors. It's nothing more than agents posturing to squeeze more money out of teams for their clients.