When Xander Bogaerts became a free agent, he suspected he would not return to Boston. Why? Because, as Scott Boras said, he expected the Boston club to pay Rafael Devers instead.
And that’s what the Red Sox did.
By necessity, this opened the door to other teams in the case of Bogaerts. The Padres ended up getting him at a price ($280 million) that no one else wanted to pay, but other clubs were in the running for his services.
And according to the powerful agent, the Blue Jays were “very serious” in their desire to sign the player who strikes from the right and has long played in their division.
The Twins and Cubs were also in the mix. They eventually signed Carlos Correa and Dansby Swanson.
Bogaerts wanted to sign as a shortstop. This means that once again, the Jays are interested in a shortstop player as has been the case in recent years (Didi Gregorius, Marcus Semien, Francisco Lindor, etc.)
But yet, Bo Bichette is still in town.
Does this explain a bit of the wage difficulties that exist between the player’s clan and the club? After all, the future doesn’t look easy for Bichette in Toronto and her position on the field may be a cause.
His future seems less clear than for Vladimir Guerrero Jr., in any case.
Does the club really intend to make Bo Bichette a second base player one day? We can believe that the discussions do indeed exist.
Recall that the Blue Jays will exceed the first threshold of the luxury tax in 2023, but that no signature of the scale of that of Bogaerts has been made.
Will that be enough to make it far in the playoffs?
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