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00:00So, let me ask you about Vlade's deal, you know, finally got it done with the Jays.
00:06He's not leaving Toronto and he got, you know, a fat deal.
00:11You know, this had to happen for the Toronto Blue Jays organization.
00:15I don't know if it's their fault.
00:16I think they get blamed for it a little bit much that, and maybe they should put the fires
00:21out like before the media like goes, you know, like, like their fans thinking, oh, we might
00:25get Otani.
00:26We might get Soto.
00:28You know, I think the Blue Jays would be better off saying, no, I don't know where this is
00:31coming from.
00:32Like, no, we're not even close.
00:33Like, I don't know where, like they sort of let this stuff build up a little bit and they've
00:38come up short.
00:39Right.
00:40And I think Blue J fans overreacted to it.
00:42What?
00:43You're not upset.
00:44You didn't get Soto.
00:45Like, why was he going to leave LA?
00:46Right.
00:47He didn't even move houses.
00:48Right.
00:49Soto, whatever.
00:50Everyone knew Soto was going to end up at the Mets.
00:51They tried.
00:52It is what it is.
00:53So there's negativity about the Blue Jays, despite them having the fourth highest payroll
00:56in baseball.
00:58It's not like they don't try to win.
00:59Spending like $234 million, guys.
01:01They're spending money.
01:03This is big time.
01:04You know, they, I think the Jays could have paid a little bit less if they pulled the
01:08trigger earlier.
01:10Vlad saw the big deal with Otani and he saw them off for Soto, that type of money.
01:15And he figured, well, all right, if you guys are going to want to pay those guys $750 million
01:19a year, then you should give me $600.
01:22And I think the Jays are lucky that they got away with this for $500 actually when it was
01:25all said and done.
01:27So they've got them locked up right now.
01:28But more importantly, Scott, if you're the Toronto Blue Jays, it calms the fan base down
01:33a little bit now.
01:34You've got your best player under contract.
01:35Now this sends a sign to Bo Bichette, who's a free agent.
01:38There's been a lot of talk about, oh, I think Bo is going to want to test the market.
01:42He still might, but Bo and Vlad are pretty close.
01:45They've come up through the Blue Jay farm system together.
01:48Now that Vlad got paid, they can move on to Bo getting paid now.
01:52And not to mention, Scott, in the offseason this year, the Blue Jays did get Santander,
01:58but there was a lot of agents and players, specifically Dominican guys, Vlad's buddies
02:04with all these guys.
02:05And they knew.
02:06They were like, man, I don't want to side with the Jays, man.
02:09And then Vlad's going to leave or something next year, right?
02:11Big, that's big.
02:13Now Vlad's under contract.
02:15Now he can tell his boys that he knows on the Dominican Republic team and stuff.
02:18Hey, listen, man, I'm here for 14 years, guys, if you want to come play.
02:22Makes a big difference, Scott.
02:23So big, big, big deal for the Blue Jays.