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Originally Posted by Ocotillo
You're full of shit.
The Jays ate his salary hoping they could get a $300 million dollar pitcher (Sasaki) for $8 million. Worth the trade off and the gamble.
The Jays are printing money so it's not going to cripple them but Cleveland is one of the most efficient operations in baseball and they outrighted him off the roster and were willing to eat what was owed for him to play in the minors.
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They’re paying a glorified DH 500M. I expect they can afford to pay a 4th OF 14M over 2 years, especially when ZiPS is projecting him to make up that entire value this season:
https://www.fangraphs.com/players/my...ts?position=OF