Could someone please explain to me how the blue jays screwed this up yet again. According to virtually every article that was published up until the signing....it was a foregone conclusion that Ohtani was going to become a Blue Jay.
Instead, he goes to the dodgers for 700 million dollars. I'm sure some of this had to do with the fact that Canadian taxes are exorbitant. . . .That's an extra 120 million per year in signing bonus & the cost for a Canadian team and Canadian dollars to sign a player is much more than American dollars, still..... I think Atkins dropped the ball here, I would have gladly got rid Vlade junior and Bo.
The only good thing about this is now lower bowl seats won't cost six hundred dollars canadian a piece.
I tell ya this.... pat gillick would not have screwed this up.
Instead, he goes to the dodgers for 700 million dollars. I'm sure some of this had to do with the fact that Canadian taxes are exorbitant. . . .That's an extra 120 million per year in signing bonus & the cost for a Canadian team and Canadian dollars to sign a player is much more than American dollars, still..... I think Atkins dropped the ball here, I would have gladly got rid Vlade junior and Bo.
The only good thing about this is now lower bowl seats won't cost six hundred dollars canadian a piece.
I tell ya this.... pat gillick would not have screwed this up.