In Your Honest Opinion. Do the Jays buy or sell?
I wanna make this clear, This post isn't about what you want, or what you think is the best thing for the team. When the time comes and it's deadline day. Are the Jays going to buy or sell?
In my honest opinion. I think they are gonna buy, but I don't even feel good about that being a possibilty. This team is shit, and everything says to sell, get some good packages for the UFA's, improve the already good farm and see what the rookies can do for the 2nd half of the season.
HOWEVER, because the AL is so incredibly shit, the Jays despite being 6 games back of 500 are only 4 games back of postseason, and what a coincidence. Our next series is the Giants which are even worse then us AND have super bad pitching. If the Jays win that series, or even sweep. That puts them at 1-2 games back of wildcard and as long as the Jays are close to playoffs, I think they will buy. Doesn't even matter if they scrape through.
They just came off a world series appearance, the FO has spent way too much money on this team to easily give up, the fan interest is still at an all time high despite how the season has gone. And one other factor, if there is a lockout in 2027, that is a lot of money lost for Rogers. I wonder if there is some kind of pressure to make playoffs, just to get some postseason revenue to offset the loss of a full season. I'm not saying that is a BIG reason but I wonder if it is a factor even a lil bit.
With that being said, even if the Jays buy, I don't even feel like that is the right move, feels more like trying to force something.
[EDIT: I see people saying what the team should do which is fine but the purpose of this post was to ask all of you, what you think the team is going to do. In your soul, in your gut, do you think the FO will choose to sell and give up the season, or push for a Wildcard]