Jose Bautista has no interest in giving the Toronto Blue Jays a hometown discount.
Bautista on hometown discount: “Doesn’t exist. Not in my world. In my eyes, I’ve given this organization a 5-year hometown discount already”
— Arden Zwelling (@ArdenZwelling) February 22, 2016
The comments today from the face of the Blue Jays has set the fan base abuzz, with Rogers ownership now back in the spotlight. Bautista told Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet that he met with Blue Jays management for 15 minutes two weeks ago and laid out what he believes his value to be in simple terms for their consideration.