11 Jan 2021 22:12:48
To Red Sox: Randal Grichuk, Jordan Groshans, Simeon Woods-Richardson, Trent Thornton
To Blue Jays: Rafael Devers, Andrew Benintendi

Jays Sign Trevor Bauer 4 yr/ 130mil
Brad Hand 3 yr/ 22.5mil
Eddie Rosario 2 yr/ 14mil

JAYS LINEUP
1) SS Bo Bichette
2) 2B Cavan Bigio
3) 3B Rafael Devers
4) RF Teoscar Hernandez
5) LF Lourdes Gurriel Jr
6) 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr
7) DH Rowdy Tellez/ Alejandro Kirk
8) CF Andrew Benintendi
9) C Jansen

BENCH
Santiago Espinal
Jonathon Davis
Eddie Rosario
Rowdy Tellez/ Alejandro Kirk

ROTATION
1) Trevor Bauer
2) Hyun-Jin Ryu
3) Nate Pearson
4) Robbie Ray
5) Tanner Roark

BULLPEN
Jordan Romano
Brad Hand
Rafael Dolis
Anthony Bass
Ryan Borucki
Ross Stripling
Sean Reid-Foley
Julian Merryweather

Have Hatch, Kay and Zeuch as Rotation depth in the minors.

Thoughts?

1.) 12 Jan 2021
12 Jan 2021 03:46:56
I don't think Boston makes that trade within their division, and I don't think you need to give Rosario a 2-year deal. He's nothing more than a DH.

I could see Kris Bryant making sense for the Jays, however.

But I could also see them getting in on Bauer.

2.) 12 Jan 2021
12 Jan 2021 14:59:09
Why would the Blue Jays, or any team, give Brad Hand 22M and a three-year commitment when they could have had him for less than 10 on a 1-year deal?

3.) 12 Jan 2021
12 Jan 2021 16:02:01
@natedog less money per, especially when you look at hendricks deal, the next best reliever will want more than a 1yr contract.

4.) 12 Jan 2021
12 Jan 2021 16:23:15
1 year deals at higher AAVs are always more preferential to teams than long-term deals at slightly less AAV.

I guess you could argue that it was too early to make that type of commitment with Brad Hand, and that things changed now. But I think there was something teams saw in Hand that probably made them not want to drop that kind of money.

Until I see that contract, I won't believe he's getting it.

5.) 25 Jan 2021
25 Jan 2021 03:33:47
Oh look, a 1-year deal for Brad Hand.