EXCLUSIVE: Bob Nightengale Predicts A MASSIVE Offseason For The Blue Jays & More!

EXCLUSIVE: Bob Nightengale Predicts A MASSIVE Offseason For The Blue Jays & More!

Hello everybody and welcome in the Blue Jays today where we always have something to say about the Toronto Blue Jays coming to you from the sports interaction studio. I’m your host Nicholas Bla and I’m your host Adam Pedal and today guys our MLB Blue Jays free agency trade rumors and news is continuing on and we’ve got a very special guest here today from USA Today. Please welcome Mr. Bob Nightingale back for the second time. Bob, how are you doing today, my friend? Yeah, I’m doing great. Good to see you guys. It’s good to see you, too, man. And obviously, we were just saying off camera, this is an incredibly busy time of year for you and for us as well. Uh just to kick it off right now, what are you feeling about this uh this free agency right now in the trades? Like, how are how are you liking the things uh way things are developing right now? Do you think there’s going to be some surprising moves coming up this uh winter? Yeah, we’ve seen some activity already. usually we don’t see that you know whether it was the uh you know Orioles Angels trade Atlanta making a couple moves so uh yeah interesting so far and uh you know hopefully it keeps going it’s not a star-studded uh class you know no no stood no Otani that that sort of thing but still you know good players and uh I think we may see more trades than usual uh because there’s not that many quality free agents Okay, that’s true. Well, speaking of uh quality free agents, we wanted to kick this thing off because I there’s a lot of Toronto Blue Jays fans right now that are salivating at the thought of Kyle Tucker. And who can blame them because right now the media is really pushing the narrative that Toronto is in the mix. There’s a lot of noise right now going around about Toronto and Kyle Tucker. You’re inside. You’re talking with these these GMs, these these former executives, all these people. How true are these rumors? And do you think Kyle Tucker actually has a chance or or Toronto actually has a chance of Kyle Tucker picking them? Oh, I do. And I uh I I that was my pick is where does Tucker end up? I I think Toronto does. Uh we’ll see. I I think he’s a great supporting player, which I think is a perfect fit for Toronto. Uh you know, he’s not, you know, in Houston what he’s by the, you know, number three or four guy there. Cubs, he he was kind of the guy there. Uh so but with with Vlad there already is perfect because you know all the attention going Vlad and not him. Uh I really believe what the Blue Jay players were saying all all year in particular the postseason how much fun they have together how close they are uh kind of opens up free agent’s mind. Before I think the Blue Jays were kind of being used a little bit as a stalking horse and staying somewhere in the United States. Uh, I think just with all the messages that those guys sent say, you know what, this is a fun place to play and I think it also helps that Tucker uh I think he’s a native but I know he lives in Tampa but perfect. You spend your whole spring in Dunen uh being on the East Coast. I think he prefer that. Yeah. And you know a lot of Blue Jay fans have kind of felt that almost loosely termed like that PTSD of oh we this is we’re getting used again. This is this is happening again. But, you know, I I want everyone out there listening, Bob’s saying that ain’t happening. This could this might actually be some truth and some weight, too. Yes, I’m very happy that you did say that because the amount of comments that we get on a daily basis just of everybody getting triggered from the Otani stuff, from the Sodto stuff, from various other different free agents where Toronto has, like you said, kind of been used as leverage a little bit. A lot of people are are triggered at the fact that, you know, now we’re getting talked about with Kyle Tucker. I guess just to further hammer this point home, in your opinion, this off season, you’re not looking at the Toronto Blue Jays as it being a leverage play for some of these bigger free agents. It is actually a realistic possibility that Tucker or, you know, you name it could come here. Yeah, I I really believe that. Uh just so there was so much talk, you know, in uh you know, we talk about the tears after game seven, but the closest of that team. Uh I know most of the guys live by the Rogers Center. So that makes it easier for families to get along and and hang out. But you didn’t hear one negative word about, oh, you know, long way to play, going through customs, things like that. None of that. So I think it’ll be a serious team with everybody. Now, will they be used by some agents? Sure. you know, like a year ago, you know, they were never involved in Alex Spman, but that was being used. That the trouble with the collective bargain agreement is an agent or player can say, “Hey, the Blue Jays are interested in me.” Even if the Blue Jays have no interest, they’re not allowed to say, “We have no interest.” I mean, same for all 30 teams, right? So, they can be used that way through the media, but I don’t believe so in this case at all, you know, with Kyle Tucker. Okay. I like to hear it. That gives me a little bit more confidence moving forward u that maybe we could be in there and it could be serious. Now on the other excuse me on the other side of things Bob Bashette he’s a big guy that uh the Blue Jay fans and the Toronto Blue Jays would want to come back to partner up and pair beside Vladimir Gro Jr. the homegrown talent for a long period of time. I wanted to ask you what is uh what does this market look like right now and have you heard of anything coming out of his camp and you know what kind of deal are they potentially looking for for Bob Bashette? Yeah, it’s kind of a a quiet market for him but you know some people work in uh that type of environment. So I mean there won’t be more than you know uh you know probably less than a handful of teams interested in him. Some are a little worried about you know his defense at shore stop. Uh, some believe, okay, uh, I don’t want to spend over $200 million for them. Uh, I thought Atlanta might be a fit. Now, I don’t I don’t believe that. So, I don’t think there’s a whole lot of spots. I mean, you’re still going to have teams like, you know, Boston interested uh, and that sort of thing. You know, I don’t know if I don’t think Detroit would. Uh, but yeah, I can’t see more than, you know, three, four teams being in serious competition. It’s funny a year ago you kept hearing how he wanted out that okay he would accept he would love to have a trade uh you know tired of you know just a different situation. Yeah. Now you’re not hearing that. So now you’re saying okay let’s you know let’s see how much he wants to return to Toronto. Uh it it’s in his court. Let’s see if he uh you know wants to go for every last dollar or or if he prefer to stay somewhere in the United States. Okay. So, considering, you know, you’re from what you’re hearing right now, there’s some interest, but not over overwhelming amounts of interest. Uh, I know that you actually messaged us, uh, I I asked you about, you know, a whole deal with him, what that could look like, and you brought up the idea of opt outs in his contract. when you’re thinking about the current market that’s shaping up right now for Bob Bashetta, how are you viewing or or what do you think a deal for him might look like with that current competition? And then with with also, as you brought up, some of that uncertainty surrounding well, is he a shortstop? Is he second baseman? Like what like what are we doing here defensively? Yeah, I would think he would get more for than Alex Bregman for sure. how much more that remains to be seen. Uh you be much closer around the $200 million mark than $300 million mark. And if you’re the Blue Jays, hey, you like to have them back, but you just went to World Series without him. I mean, he missed all September, missed the first few rounds and they kept winning. Uh you know, he stepped up and played in the World Series. Kudos to him for a risky injury and wanting to play. love all the comments he made like, “Hey, I got a chance here to win a World Series. Worry about my future later.” That goes along goes a long way for not just the Blue Jays, but other teams to see that and say, “You know what? We we love that kind of talk and and guy willing to risk injury to win for our team.” Yeah. No, absolutely. Now, I know also in our um text messages we had that um Nick asked you, is it a possibility that the Blue Jays could end up with, you know, Tucker and Bob Bashette? Because I I read one of your articles and you mentioned about the Blue Jays having an increased revenue because of the World Series run and I think you threw out the roughly $50 million of increased revenue. Um so, is that the reason why they could go out and and make splashes and now that would be a wild off season? that would be like the winners of the off seasonason if you could pull that off. But is is that why because they’ve got a more player revenue like they got more money to spend? Yeah. And certainly with the Rogers on the team, I mean they have, you know, just about as much money as anybody in baseball. They can do what they want. Just depends how much luxury tax they want to pay. I guess the question would be, you know, if you got both those guys, Bette and Tucker, could you go out and get one of the big boys as far as pitchers, right? That might be tough. It might be saying, “Okay, we can do two of those three, but we can’t get Tucker Bett in say a friend of Valdez or Yeah. That would just be video game kind of stuff, right? Exactly. Now, to kind of wrap up the the whole Bobette stuff, I know that as it stands right now, um it’s being reported that Toronto is the favorite or one of the favorites for Kyle Tucker. Is that also the case still with Bob Bashette? Do you believe that? Is that what you’re hearing?” right now or out of those, you know, three to four teams that you’re saying that are interested, do you think that Toronto is prioritized in going and and getting a Kyle Tucker? And then I guess a follow-up question to that is how does their pursuit of Kyle Tucker play in and factor into their pursuit of Boba as well? Yeah, I you got to just, you know, play both at the same time and uh, you know, pursue both. Both accept it and that’s great. Uh, but you can’t just put all your eggs in one basket for one guy and lose out on the other. You know, you’re going to have the Dodgers. You know, they got plenty of money. They actually got about $85 million coming off the books. So, they can I don’t think they, you know, they certainly don’t have to have uh, you know, either one. They don’t have to have Tucker. They just won two World Series without him. Uh, I think for them it’d be more like the sodto thing, kind of keeping everybody honest. We don’t want someone to get Tucker, you know, for no money, but we want to be in there just in case he wants to come out west. But, yeah, you always have you’re gonna have the Dodgers involved in that. you’re going to have, you know, the Mets involved in things, the Red Sox, but, you know, not a whole lot of other teams. Uh, you know, I don’t see a team like the Cubs being there. Uh, you know, I don’t think Houston will be. So, when you’re looking at the big boys that are peral contenders, I’m not sure how many of them are going to be, you know, in both of them. I’m not sure any team’s going to be for both guys. Maybe just one. Yeah. No. and and uh if the Blue Jays couldn’t, let’s say for whatever reason they they don’t land either or Bobette goes somewhere else, Tucker goes somewhere else, what would be like a realistic fallback plan for the Blue Jays? I know you mentioned Alex Bregman. Would that be one? You know, they weren’t interested last year, so I want to say no. Won’t completely rule it out, but they were never involved in there. I know they were linked to them, but there was never any uh thing going on there. So, I would say unlikely unless he just uh Brenman can’t get an offer he wants somewhere else. So, would would Cody Bellinger play there? I’m not sure. You know, Bellinger had a heck of a year. Uh if you’re the Cubs, you probably would have been better off holding on to Bellinger and not making that trade and turning away, you know, a couple of your top guys to Houston uh for Tucker and keeping Bellinger. So, you know, Bellinger, I think, is fall back for everybody if they don’t get Tucker. Okay. All right. And and I know that there’s been in in years past anyways, there’s certainly been some rumblings. I don’t know how true they are or not true, but rumblings that Toronto was at least in contact with some of Bellinger’s camp and everything like that. So, I I could 100% see that. And and I mean, from a Blue Jay’s fan standpoint, I certainly wouldn’t be upset about that. But uh but it does feel like at this point um I guess for lack of a better term I I feel kind of like I’m getting blue balled if we didn’t end up getting either one of Kyle Tucker or Bobette which is all looking reports that are coming out right now. But maybe that’s just wishful thinking on my part. I want to transition a little bit here and talk a little bit about that pitching market. You brought up the idea where it’s like, okay, you know, if they will they go out and they get Bo and they get Kyle Tucker, they’d be magical, they’d be fairy land type stuff, but then could they also go out and get a pitcher, which I would argue after watching that World Series run is probably of more importance to them than getting a big- time bat? That offense is great. The pitching staff still some question marks right there. What are or what’s the latest that you’re hearing right now in terms of the Toronto Blue Jays and their pitching market interests and just everything that’s going on in that side of things? Well, I’m sure like, you know, most teams uh that have money, they’re interested in uh uh Amaya from Japan. I mean, he’s supposed to be the real thing. Uh you know, like like a Yamamoto. I’m not saying Yamamoto, but in that in that vein. Uh certainly Framer Valdez, he was at the GM meetings kind of, you know, talking to teams himself, trying to present himself about what happened that night with with his catcher when he crossed him up. Yeah. Uh you know, those guys standing out. There’s there’s a Dylan Cease. So there’s a few frontline guys out there probably, you know, led by the Japanese pitcher and Valdez. I’m not sure about Cease. People say CE could be top of the market. I don’t know about that. I think he was disappointing in San Diego. He certainly has his stuff, but he was only going, you know, about five innings, too. Yeah. And do do you see Toronto like actively pursuing these these types of pitchers right now, these high caliber pitchers, or have you heard something recently that that there are some rumblings that they are looking at some of these guys? Yeah, I have not heard that, you know, rumblings of of who they’ve talked to, but it just makes sense. Everybody wants a frontline pitcher. Uh, and that, you know, fit in perfectly. You need you need pitching to get to the World Series. You need pitching to win the World Series. Uh you know, hey, the Dodgers don’t win the World Series without Yamamoto. You know, that sort of thing. So, it just takes the pressure off everybody. The Blue Jays, they they they obviously need starting pitching uh this off season because when you’re looking ahead after 2026, you know, Kevin Gosman is off the books. He’s been a great ace for them for a while now. Already basset left already. Max are probably not coming back. And then you’re looking at an opt out year for Jos Brill. So the only guarantee really is Trader Savage. So you know the Blue Jays should absolutely be on the market. Maybe got to take a little bit to develop that a little bit. I did want to jump in there very quickly cuz you brought up Max Sherzer and that’s actually something like I was on the radio recently and we were talking at at Nauseium about Max Sherzer. Um do you see Max Sher coming back to the Toronto Blue Jays? cuz some some Blue Jays fans are like really enamored with the idea of bringing bad bringing back Mad Max, you know, for another kick at the can cuz he did have his moments where he was was very good. I I don’t I you know, he’s been going going year to year to different places. Uh I bet he goes somewhere in the East Coast. Uh but you know, when you look at his numbers, I love Max Sher, but he didn’t he did not have a good regular season obviously. Yeah. Was you in the playoff roster for the World Series? So that’s why I think, you know, the Blue Jays would say, you know what, we’re gonna save ourselves over $15 million here and use that money elsewhere. Yeah. And like I like what I’m saying, like kind of reinvested. And I think the more important thing is the long-term play right here. You got to get somebody to kind of flip over that rotation to be stable in 2027 and beyond. Now, you brought up a little bit earlier about how there could be a lot of trades happening. And the Blue Jays, you know, last couple off seasons, they’ve had a lot of trades. That’s where usually they can go and and really upgrade the team. Do you see the Blue Jays being active right now in the trade market? And if so, you know, what kind of potential trade would they be looking at right now? Well, they certainly have uh you know, prospects are are are coming. So, you’re always looking at, you know, prospects who’s got who needs money, who wants to deal with guys. I know I don’t believe that Milwaukee will trade Freddy Peralta, but if they were blown away, they would. He’s only make eight million dollars. So, I mean, Freddy Peralta can fit in everybody’s, you know, rotation, that sort of thing. Uh, so yeah, there’s, you know, guys, mid-market guys to be had. Uh, I think a guy he pitches for pitch for Diamondbacks. Uh, is a uh, now my memory slips. Uh, he would be perfect. he was a free agent and uh he could buy cost maybe you know like a four years for $80 million that sort of thing. Yeah, there’s guys like that out there. Uh you know the one interesting guy he’s got a no trade clause. I don’t think the Rangers would would would trade Jacob Deg Grom, but they need a reduced salary. Uh their payroll’s gotten big. So Deg Grom would be interesting guy. Complete no trade clause. lives in Florida though. So, you know, Blue Jays being done eating that certainly helps. Yeah. No, and and they typically they will go and eat contract especially longer contracts. I mean, case example, Andre Zmenz last year, you know, his contract is going to steadily increase and I believe it’s going to be around that 20 million in a couple years for a few more seasons. So, you know, Cleveland didn’t want to eat that. Blue Jays can. So, I I like that financial flexibility using towards their advantage. And uh to I guess further a question on the on the trade market, right? I know you brought up prospects for the Toronto Blue Jays. And of course, if they’re really actively just trying to go out and just buy somebody, okay, maybe they spent some prospects. Is there anyone on the actual Toronto Blue Jays roster that you could see them potentially thinking about moving off of the 26 man? Uh potentially. I mean, could they trade a uh you know, a Dalton Bar show? They could, you know, that sort of thing. uh you know uh just going around. I’m not sure you know there’s only a handful of guys or less than a handful that are actually you know untradeable. So you could do that and say you know what uh hey Bar is a nice player and stuff but you know can we win without him? Yeah you you can. So that sort of thing. So I I think they’d be open up you know listen to anybody. Uh I think some of these teams you know no matter how good the player is you know you’re you’re going to you’re going to listen. Uh, hey, would they trade prospects or pitching prospects to Arizona for Cal Mattel Marte? You know, they could they could do something like that. He doesn’t have no trade clause until next year. Uh, you know, that sort of thing if you want a you know, just electric second baseman. Yeah, actually, because I know you’re you’re a Diamondback guy. Um, is is that something you can see happen in Catel Marte this off season? And I maybe this is off Blue Jay’s topic, but um you know Nick and I were talking and we kind of were trying to just figure out what the direction of the Diamondbacks were going in because Cel Marte is an awesome player and to trade him. It almost feels like you know you’re going into a big retool coming up right now. Yeah, they need pitching uh badly. I don’t know if the Blue Jays would. Yeah, and they need pitching. I don’t know if they’d give it up to get a guy like Marte. He’s got like four or five more years of that contract at about $90 million. So, uh, his 10 and five rights kick in like 10 days into next season. Uh, rub some people the wrong way when he kind of took a vacation after the All-Star break just back. So, there’s some there’s some flaws there, right? If they trade him, whoever traded for him would need that better leadership to say, “Hey, you’re not doing that at our place.” You know, that sort of thing. Right. Right. Okay. Yeah. Interesting. The guy I was thinking about before was Zack Gallon who was a free agent, you know, with a diamond and uh Mel Kelly who they traded to Texas. Uh same you could probably get him for two years at, you know, by about $40 million. So there’s plenty of guys there that would certainly fit into the Blue Jays rotation, too. Yeah. And it does sound like just to I guess clarify for everybody listening here, if they were to make a trade, you were bringing up a lot of pitchers there. You would imagine that Toronto would probably be looking more in in the pitching market than than for a, you know, a bat of of any kind. Yeah, absolutely. Because they get a bat with money, you know, as a free agent. And uh, you know, you want you want pitching back. It’s hard for any team to give up pitching, right? That makes sense. Agreed. Um, now we spoke a little bit about uh um Tatia E right there. Uh, but the other Japanese guy that that’s got a lot of people in there, a lot of people excited, Munitaka Marakami. There’s been a couple rumors, couple rumblings that Toronto could be looking in that direction. Not quite as many as, you know, with them associated with Kyle Tucker or Boba, but is there any truth to the idea that Toronto could seriously be be looking and targeting a bat like that? And I I guess, you know, similar question as we’ve been asking to Kyle Tucker and Bobette. Could you see him coming over to the Toronto Blue Jays? Uh, I would say more unlikely. Just say the Blue Jays bread and butter was putting the ball in play, making things happen. This guy’s a big strikeout home run guy. And if you’re striking out 40% of the time in Japan against 93 mile fast balls happen when the major league baseball average is 96. I would think an Okoda who’s going to be cheaper would more fit in. A better defensive player, makes contact, that sort of thing. I used to think Murakami goes against kind of what what their principle is, what their philosophy is as far as putting the ball in play. Yeah, that sounds like a New York Yankee to me. Yes, lots of swing and miss. We love it. Yeah, they need a first baseman, you know, with with with their thing and with Gold Schmidt, you know, probably not coming back. So, yeah, that would make more sense for them or Red Sox than the Blue Jays. Yeah. Yeah. Now, on the other side of things, I know the Blue Jays have been really trying to tap into the Japanese market, and you know, Tatia Eime is obviously the pitcher to be looked at right now for this um off season. And you said he’s a top five pitcher. Tell me a little bit about what makes him so in like so, you know, tantalizing for a big league club. And then is it possible he can come out east and and play for a team like the Blue Jays? for cuz we’ve seen for the years past kind of a lot of these Japanese players landing west which geographically makes a lot of sense. Do you see that possibly happening? And yeah, tell us a little about Eay. Yeah, I mean he has got, you know, five or six pitches. It reminds people of Yamamoto, not, you know, to Yamoto’s class. But with Yamamoto making the transition and being one of the top pitchers in the game in his second year, I think people are saying, “Hey, why can’t he be, you know, a little uh different version of that, you know, as dominant, but still very, very good.” So, I think a lot of teams are dam. And I I think, you know, going back east could make more sense for him just cuz I don’t see those teams out west spend that kind of money. I don’t think Seattle will uh you know, they just locked up, you know, uh you know, Josh Naylor, uh you know, certainly the Dodgers don’t need them. Now, San Francisco could. I think San Francisco’s the one team out west that could afford them. I don’t think the Potteries have that kind of money. Uh Arizona doesn’t. So that’s why I I think it’d easily end up either Chicago or, you know, one of the AL East teams. Okay. All right. I mean, that’s very exciting because uh that again, as we’ve been talking about at Nauseium this podcast and we’ve been speaking about a lot is like pitching, pitching, pitching. This team does need pitching and uh yeah, the upside there I think is very very real. We got two more questions for you. I brought up Max Scherzer and the idea of him coming back and I think I I also tend to agree with you. I feel like it’s more unlikely at this current juncture just given where he is in his career and what the Toronto Blue Jays are currently looking for. Is that the same sentiment with Chris Bassid who is also, you know, now getting to be later in his career, but did do some exceptional stuff for the Toronto Blue Jays, especially in the postseason and especially in the bullpen. Could you see him returning to Toronto or do you think that at this current juncture of time it’s probably he’s going to be moving somewhere else? I I see it much much more likely that Basset returns and Sher I just think Sher moves on and like we talk about it’s not like he had a great regular season uh you know hurt a lot you know you know was he on the roster to the World Series. I think what Basset does and what he uh means that clubhouse means everything. I think the Blue Jays be much more inclined to bring him back and you know for him pitching in the bullpin even you know pitching there and you know game seven and you know wanting to pitch at all times goes a long long way. Agree. So I I think they’d love to reward him. So you know what what you did for us and being that unselfish we want those guys in our clubhouse. No I I completely agree and I look at Basset now depending on what the Blue Jays do with the rotation. And if they do add another frontline starter, you’re looking at the rotation and it’s pretty much, you know, you got five guys right there. Basset, if he’s open to it, could play a, you know, Swiss Army knife, six-man bullpen role and and he’s open to it and we saw how good he was too out of the bullpen. His stuff really played, which I was shocked because you look at Bass and you’re thinking, you know, low vo junky kind of pitcher and he played exceptionally well. So that was awesome to see and hopefully he does that. Now, final question, Bob. I’m going to I’m going to set it up for you right here. Okay. You You got to pick one move. The Blue Jays are locked in. They’re going to make your prediction. The Blue Jays move this off season. What is it? What do you think the Blue Jays are going to do? I would also accept a move that they don’t make as well. So, if you know what I mean. So, if we if we miss out on or if we don’t do I would also accept that. If you can if you can give us one solid prediction right here of something you think is going to happen. Mhm. I think they’ll either going to sign Bette or Tucker but not both because they’re going to spend another money on a starting pitcher. You know, one of those guys whe it’s a Frank Valdez or what, you know, the Japanese pitcher. Uh go that route and not not all three. I I think getting a starting pitching pitcher is very is more important to them than bringing back two offensive players. I I really do believe that. And uh and I I do believe all winter long they’re going to be connected to everybody. And like I said before, they can’t deny interest and stuff. So even guys are not interested at all, they’ll still be linked to them. So we’re going to hear those rumor. Hey, and you know, I’m here for the ride. We’re interested everybody. to shoot all the shots and then hopefully some land for you. Right. And I’ll I’ll say as well too like if that prediction of yours, you know, comes true, they get one of Bo or one of Tucker and then also go out and acquire a upper echelon starting pitcher as a Blue Jays fan. [ __ ] yeah, dude. Hell yeah. That would that would be the uh that’d be the off seasonason. And I think the Blue Jay fans would be happy. Toronto would be happy and maybe another World Series run could be in the future. Bob, thank you so much for coming in this beautiful Thursday morning. We appreciate you taking your time giving us your insight and we hope to hear some more moves and we hope to hear more from you uh in your personal endeavors. Yeah, my pleasure. And uh yeah, hopefully some more great seasons out of Toronto. It’s a uh you know, the most beautiful city I think in North America. It’s a blast being there. And you know, you felt bad for the Blue Jays fans. I just their heart was so into it and I got a lot of friends up there, you know, the uh that cover the Blue Jays. And uh yeah, it’s a great place, beautiful stadium. And uh I I do hope they have a lot of success. Love to see them, you know, win that World Series again. And uh you know, cool seeing some of those former executives like Paul Beaston before game seven. Love Paul Beaston. So it’s fun to see, you know, you pull for those guys like that. So they got some good people out there. You all that warms my heart, Bob. And listen, hopefully you’ll be having to make a trip down there back to Toronto late October next year, man. That’s fingers crossed right there. Prediction of mine. But once again, thank you so much, dude. We’ll be looking out for your articles. We’ll be keeping in contact. Everybody, that was Bob Nightingale. We appreciate everything he does for us. Uh if you haven’t already done so, please make sure to hit that like, smash that subscribe button. For a month, becoming a YouTube member should thank you to all of our current YouTube members. You guys are amazing, guys. Thank you so much for watching and as always, go Jays go.

Welcome back to the show Bob Nightengale! Today, Bob informs us on the legitimacy of the Blue Jays offseason. Are they actually serious about Kyle Tucker? And what’s the latest on Bo Bichette and the starting pitching market as well? Let’s discuss everything Blue Jays free agency with Bob Nightengale on Blue Jays Today!

LEGEND
0:00 – Intro & Overall Offseason Buzz
1:29 – Is Kyle Tucker & Blue Jays For Real?
5:07 – Bo Bichette’s Market
8:13 – Can The Jays Get Bo & Tucker?
9:30 – Are The Jays Favs For Bo?
11:02 – Jays Backup Plan
12:32 – Blue Jays Pitching Market
15:00 – Max Scherzer Return?
15:55 – Potential Blue Jays Trade
20:48 – Blue Jays & Japanese Market
24:05 – Bassitt Return?
25:53 – Blue Jays Offseason Prediction

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