When it comes to the Blue Jays finances, it appears to be Juan Soto or bust.
According to Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet, the Toronto Blue Jays appear willing to go way out of their comfort zone for Juan Soto, but not for anyboday else.
Last off-season, ownership at Rogers Communications Inc., which also owns Sportsnet, approved an offer of approximately $700 million for Shohei Ohtani but that was considered a special circumstance. The money was there for Ohtani, but wasn’t available to redistribute elsewhere.On one hand, that's understandable, but on the other, it's frustrating for Jays fans. First and foremost, the Blue Jays finished last in the American League East this past season.
But again, it is understandable as well. Soto is a special player and he's a player that you take chances on that you wouldn't for everyone else. Signing Soto would help alleviate some of theHowever, since Soto hit .288 with 41 homers and 109 RBI this past season for the Yankees, he could be counted onto take some the burden off those other positions.
Soto is already locked into a top-three finish in the American League MVP voting. The results will come out next week.Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady.
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