Opinions are mixed on whether the Padres’ signing of Manny Machado was a wise move. $300 million is a lot of money … but Manny is a lot of ballplayer.
But with that signing all but done, and any crazy talk of the Jays signing Machado now behind us, the question for die-hard Jays fans is now this: can the Manny signing work to Toronto’s advantage?
One way that the Machado acquisition could help the Jays could be if the Pads were to re-engage on Stroman. My colleague Travis beat me to that idea.