Quick, someone check on Harold Reynolds because I think he has lost ALL of his marbles! A recent appearance on MLB Network has so many of us scratching our heads. He’s got some interesting opinions lately and some of them are just crazy and illogical.
Look, everyone has the right to their opinions….no matter how crazy they may be. Reynolds has a really crazy one. Here the thing though, he has the right to be wrong in his opinions and people like me and other experts also have the right to tell Reynolds he’s just wrong. In case you missed it, Reynolds thinks Juan Soto has a better chance of signing with the Toronto Blue Jays than coming back to the Yankees.
Cameron Maybin and Gary Sheffield Jr have logic behind their stance, but Reynolds is so far out in left field that you can’t make it make sense. I’m not naive to think the only chances to sign Soto are one of the two New York teams. There are other suitors out there and yes money talks but if the Blue Jays and Yankees offers are close together WHY would Soto choose the Blue Jays? They finished in last place in the AL East and have not been as competitive as they thought they would be in a long time. The Yankees are the American League champions…. just what does Harold think the Jays have to offer that is better than the Yankees? Maybe he didn’t watch enough baseball this year.
I know the Blue Jays have been trying to make a splash for a while now. They chased hard after Shohei Ohtani, and that didn’t work out. Now their next chase would be Soto because they are looking for that big splash and he is the bright new shiny toy this winter…. but that doesn’t mean they will get him. They couldn’t land Ohtani, and honestly if Soto is as serious about winning as he says he is, the idea of him in a Jays uniform just doesn’t make sense.
At the end of the day, I see this coming down to the big-name teams with the bigger payroll because they are spending more money in hopes to be more competitive. Look at the World Series, the teams with the two biggest payrolls faced off. I think the Dodgers will be in the mix because they are the Dodgers and there is no reason why they wouldn’t be. Soto is going to look for the big bucks and not many teams are going to be willing to make that dollar commitment because at some point the teams with the deeper pockets are going to buy Soto. That’s just the reality. At the end of the day, Soto already rejected multiple high dollar extension offers. Now he gets to pick where he goes and for how much in a multiple bid situation.
The Blue Jays aren’t even on my mind and probably not on Soto’s. I am not sure what Reynolds was on before he went on the air but whatever it was it was potent. The Yankees are very much in the mix, but so are the Mets. Honestly, that’s the team to watch….not the last place Blue Jays.
Crazy Harold…..you’ve lost your marbles.
