Blue Jays announce ridiculous plan concerning their team payroll for next season
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The Toronto Blue Jays CEO Mark Shapiro told reporters during yesterday's press conference that the team does not plan on increasing their payroll next season.
While the Blue Jays had one of the biggest payrolls in the MLB last season, the part that makes sense it that they would want to land around the same amount spent for the 2025 season.
Thankfully, it seems that the Blue Jays are committed to contending in 2025, as Mark Shapiro said in the press conference that the payroll won't increase or decrease heading into next season.Before the trade deadline, the Blue Jays had the seventh-highest payroll. This off-season, there are 10 Blue Jays that have an arbitration coming up, with the most notable one being Vladimir Guerrero Jr. The Blue Jays' star play is projected to make $29.6 million according to the latest prediction from MLB Trade Rumors, and Cam Lewis wrote on the other nine in a recent article. -Delaney
The part that does not make sense is that general manager Ross Atkins said in his press conference that he wants to be more aggressive this off-season than they were last year by getting a solid hitter, a top level starting pitcher and add to their bullpen. It will be incredibly difficult to do all that if they do not plan on spending more money.
It's safe to say that this bullpen needs to be improved drastically if the Jays want to contend in 2025. On Wednesday afternoon, general manager Ross Atkins said in the press conference that the team will be more aggressive in free agency for the bullpen. -Delaney
It almost seems like Shapiro and Atkins are living in a fantasy world where they can draft poorly, not spend money on free agents and end up with a World Series caliber baseball team.
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