Steve Phillips

And the benefit of this is it's not going to take 10 years to get them done.

He wants seven.

The Yankees have dead stopped at five.

And imagine stealing Bellinger out from under the Yankees, and the Yankees at that point would have nowhere else to go.

Like, there's not a Bellinger-like guy out there, another Tucker guy or Bichette guy.

But Bichette could have been a fallback, but the Mets dumped on it.

And here's the thing.

I think the Mets are going to be in on Bellinger, too.

And so I think the Jays, I'd like to see them pursue Bellinger and see if they can't make a deal there.

He's an outstanding defender in center field.

He can play left field.

He's done a lot of left field as well.

He can play first base and protect you as a left-handed bat there.

And he's got pop.

He can steal a base.

And so he'd fit.

And it would cut into some at-bats for Barger, and I'd rather not do it.

But the idea of getting him and keeping him away from the Yankees for a year, it would be fantastic.

Really good.

And so, you know, I personally think the biggest whiff that the Jays have made this offseason is not getting a closer.