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	<title>Comments on: What if the Blue Jays Had Extended Jose Bautista in March?</title>
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		<title>By: miklosselkirk</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[miklosselkirk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2016 16:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How SHOULD &quot;...begs the question&quot; be used?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How SHOULD &#8220;&#8230;begs the question&#8221; be used?</p>
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		<title>By: Toronto - Baseball Prospectus</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Toronto - Baseball Prospectus]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2016 15:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[&#8230;] winter where neither has seen their market develop as predicted. As Matt Gwin pointed out, one of those big extensions would’ve hamstrung the team for the future. It’s safe to say that Mark Shapiro and company were on to something by deferring [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] winter where neither has seen their market develop as predicted. As Matt Gwin pointed out, one of those big extensions would’ve hamstrung the team for the future. It’s safe to say that Mark Shapiro and company were on to something by deferring [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: spode</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spode]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2016 05:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s  almost always used incorrectly these days, as a supposedly posher way  of saying &quot;raises the question.&quot; Drives me crazy.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s  almost always used incorrectly these days, as a supposedly posher way  of saying &#8220;raises the question.&#8221; Drives me crazy.</p>
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		<title>By: Panoptic</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Panoptic]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2016 15:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great read - just a small irrational pet peeve of mine: you are using begs the question incorrectly.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great read &#8211; just a small irrational pet peeve of mine: you are using begs the question incorrectly.</p>
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		<title>By: Matt Gwin</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Gwin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2016 21:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sure, one can hypothesize that the actual &quot;offer&quot; would have been any number of things. The 3/75 is the most concrete &quot;number&quot; we got from the Blue Jays FO.

Nevertheless, no matter what the actual $, had the Jays signed any deal with Bautista in March (around the $ they were talking), they&#039;d be incredibly handcuffed.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sure, one can hypothesize that the actual &#8220;offer&#8221; would have been any number of things. The 3/75 is the most concrete &#8220;number&#8221; we got from the Blue Jays FO.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, no matter what the actual $, had the Jays signed any deal with Bautista in March (around the $ they were talking), they&#8217;d be incredibly handcuffed.</p>
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		<title>By: Arjonn</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arjonn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2016 15:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Jays knew a year ago that signing JB for $25M would effectively handcuff them for 2017, even with a somewhat larger budget, which wasn&#039;t a sure thing. A Cespedes-type deal wouldn&#039;t have changed that, and if JB didn&#039;t perform well enough to opt out, would have committed them to $25M again in 2018 and 2019. It was also substantially more likely that Cespedes would opt out, which meant the Jays would have been taking on more downside than the Mets did. 

In addition, while it&#039;s complete speculation, considering JB&#039;s pride / ego, I wonder if he would have taken any offer that didn&#039;t guarantee him at least $100M, if only because it&#039;s a symbolic amount.  Having made over $80M in his career, it&#039;s not like he needs the money. It&#039;s even questionable whether $75M more would be life-changing.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Jays knew a year ago that signing JB for $25M would effectively handcuff them for 2017, even with a somewhat larger budget, which wasn&#8217;t a sure thing. A Cespedes-type deal wouldn&#8217;t have changed that, and if JB didn&#8217;t perform well enough to opt out, would have committed them to $25M again in 2018 and 2019. It was also substantially more likely that Cespedes would opt out, which meant the Jays would have been taking on more downside than the Mets did. </p>
<p>In addition, while it&#8217;s complete speculation, considering JB&#8217;s pride / ego, I wonder if he would have taken any offer that didn&#8217;t guarantee him at least $100M, if only because it&#8217;s a symbolic amount.  Having made over $80M in his career, it&#8217;s not like he needs the money. It&#8217;s even questionable whether $75M more would be life-changing.</p>
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