Jeff Blair on The FAN Morning Show: I do know from talking to Jeff Passan that ownership is involved in this. This isn’t just Mark Shapiro and Ross Atkins trying to sell Juan Soto on Toronto
November 14, 2024
Jeff Blair on The FAN Morning Show: I do know from talking to Jeff Passan that ownership is involved in this. This isn’t just Mark Shapiro and Ross Atkins trying to sell Juan Soto on Toronto
31 comments
Will Yusei Kikuchi take him for sushi?
You know I’ve always said that Jeff Blair is a super intelligent guy when it comes to baseball. Always trusted him and taken his word on things!
Can anybody tell me where the flight is right now
It makes sense, ownership just shelled out huge money in renovations, if the team ends up being mediocre or rebuilding for the next 5 years ticket sales are going to drop and they won’t reap the benefits of those renos for a while.
Adding Soto/Ohtani will help fill seats and Rogers will charge based on the interest that they bring.
Why haven’t we crowd funded a helicopter
Ed Rogers is gonna bring his acoustic and show Juan his bachata
Why do I feel like I’ve heard this before?
It would one thing if Toronto was an offseason move or two away from being a contender, but unless Rogers is prepared to massively outbid the Steve Cohens of the baseball world I just don’t see why Soto would even consider the Jays at this point.
I’m ready to be hurt again
The best selling agent is vladdy, lets be honest. I wouldnt trust atkins and shapiro to sell beer to a drunk.
Ownership is involved in the doling out of a 700 million dollar contract??? What a surprise!
Every teams pitch involves ownership. Soto specifically asked for ownership to be involved in the process
This is such a low floor statement. Basically saying the people who pay jays players are aware of the best available player that could be paid. Thanks for the deep insider knowledge Jeff!
Until I see something with hard numbers and years I am choosing not to believe for the sake of my mental health.
I think I’m finally mentally at the point where I’m ready to enjoy the ride and see where this goes, and accepting that if we actually get him then that’s a nice bonus
I just don’t want a repeat of “ooh thank god he didn’t go to Toronto that would have been so bad for baseball” if he is indeed a Yankee like I think he will be
Ownership is involved in every free agent signing.
That’s great and all but what could we possibly offer Soto that’s a selling point?
Vernon Wells once said that players need a little extra to come to Toronto. Hyun-Jin Ryu confirmed this.
It’s a fucking hassle to go on road trips and come back and clear customs dozens of times per season.
It’s a stupid reason but that’s just the facts of us being the one Canadian foreign team in MLB.
Our team presently sucks. Our best player is only signed for one more season right now. A starting pitcher implied in a lengthy podcast that our organization is disorganized.
Again, would Juan Soto want to join this team for the next 10 to 12?
There’s a lot of teams in our position so I’m not just ripping the Jays but I really don’t think a Rogers suit is going to move Juan’s needle
I won’t get my hopes up yet after what happened with Shohei 
Oh good ownership is involved, congrats on your $2 a month discount on your cell bill Soto!
Cool. He’s not signing here.
I’m still not doing it. Tell me when the ink is dry.
Lalalalalala nope I’m not listening
We’re still going on with this nonsense, eh?
Aim for Soto all off season, end up with Tommy Pham just before spring training starts.
Shouldn’t the Jays be focused on signing Vladdy Jr. ? It would make more sense to do that to attract other free agents who would want to play with Vladdy.
But guys we have to think about what’s best for baseball
This post ignores the rest of the discussion where Jeff (correctly) pointed out that as a big-budget team, the Jays almost *have* to make an offer to him but have zero chance of actually getting him.
Juan Soto is not coming to Toronto folks. It’s the Mets or bust.
Maybe Ed can show Soto the statue of his father outside the Dome. That would probably seal the deal.
Juan Soto is not coming to Toronto. Everyone needs to move on. The blue jays need to nuke Shatkins and Shitpiro.
Those useless twits couldn’t sell a pork chop to a starving pit bull.
We need montoyo with his bongos to help recruit!
Of course ownership is involved in a contract of this size.
31 comments
Will Yusei Kikuchi take him for sushi?
You know I’ve always said that Jeff Blair is a super intelligent guy when it comes to baseball. Always trusted him and taken his word on things!
Can anybody tell me where the flight is right now
It makes sense, ownership just shelled out huge money in renovations, if the team ends up being mediocre or rebuilding for the next 5 years ticket sales are going to drop and they won’t reap the benefits of those renos for a while.
Adding Soto/Ohtani will help fill seats and Rogers will charge based on the interest that they bring.
Why haven’t we crowd funded a helicopter
Ed Rogers is gonna bring his acoustic and show Juan his bachata
Why do I feel like I’ve heard this before?
It would one thing if Toronto was an offseason move or two away from being a contender, but unless Rogers is prepared to massively outbid the Steve Cohens of the baseball world I just don’t see why Soto would even consider the Jays at this point.
I’m ready to be hurt again
The best selling agent is vladdy, lets be honest. I wouldnt trust atkins and shapiro to sell beer to a drunk.
Ownership is involved in the doling out of a 700 million dollar contract??? What a surprise!
Every teams pitch involves ownership. Soto specifically asked for ownership to be involved in the process
This is such a low floor statement. Basically saying the people who pay jays players are aware of the best available player that could be paid. Thanks for the deep insider knowledge Jeff!
Until I see something with hard numbers and years I am choosing not to believe for the sake of my mental health.
I think I’m finally mentally at the point where I’m ready to enjoy the ride and see where this goes, and accepting that if we actually get him then that’s a nice bonus
I just don’t want a repeat of “ooh thank god he didn’t go to Toronto that would have been so bad for baseball” if he is indeed a Yankee like I think he will be
Ownership is involved in every free agent signing.
That’s great and all but what could we possibly offer Soto that’s a selling point?
Vernon Wells once said that players need a little extra to come to Toronto. Hyun-Jin Ryu confirmed this.
It’s a fucking hassle to go on road trips and come back and clear customs dozens of times per season.
It’s a stupid reason but that’s just the facts of us being the one Canadian foreign team in MLB.
Our team presently sucks. Our best player is only signed for one more season right now. A starting pitcher implied in a lengthy podcast that our organization is disorganized.
Again, would Juan Soto want to join this team for the next 10 to 12?
There’s a lot of teams in our position so I’m not just ripping the Jays but I really don’t think a Rogers suit is going to move Juan’s needle
I won’t get my hopes up yet after what happened with Shohei 
Oh good ownership is involved, congrats on your $2 a month discount on your cell bill Soto!
Cool. He’s not signing here.
I’m still not doing it. Tell me when the ink is dry.
Lalalalalala nope I’m not listening
We’re still going on with this nonsense, eh?
Aim for Soto all off season, end up with Tommy Pham just before spring training starts.
Shouldn’t the Jays be focused on signing Vladdy Jr. ? It would make more sense to do that to attract other free agents who would want to play with Vladdy.
But guys we have to think about what’s best for baseball
This post ignores the rest of the discussion where Jeff (correctly) pointed out that as a big-budget team, the Jays almost *have* to make an offer to him but have zero chance of actually getting him.
Juan Soto is not coming to Toronto folks. It’s the Mets or bust.
Maybe Ed can show Soto the statue of his father outside the Dome. That would probably seal the deal.
Juan Soto is not coming to Toronto. Everyone needs to move on. The blue jays need to nuke Shatkins and Shitpiro.
Those useless twits couldn’t sell a pork chop to a starving pit bull.
We need montoyo with his bongos to help recruit!
Of course ownership is involved in a contract of this size.