Congratulations to James Paxton..

[Pinbreaker]

Great game.. throwing 100mph in the 9th for his No-Hitter!!

 

[RNCoyote]

 

[MrMet]

3rd no hitter of the season in the 3rd different country...


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[Austin]

Wow, 16Ks in his last game and now a no-hitter!

 

[David K.]

Congrats to Mr. Paxton! Best regards, David

 

[PeteD]

Remember the Jays drafted him high (#1 i believe)but he didn't sign...basically said he didn't want to play in his home country. That's what i heard and maybe read somewhere.

 

[gt2590]

Tough lineup to no-hit too...

 

[JVHaste]

Remember the Jays drafted him high (#1 i believe)but he didn't sign...basically said he didn't want to play in his home country. That's what i heard and maybe read somewhere.

He was a Boras client who iirc was willing to sign for the price of 1.4mil and they offered him 1mil. :-| The Jays have been known to play the small market game even though they're much larger than they let on.

The only reason a talent like that could slide to 37th overall was teams probably heard the list of Boras demands ahead of time (as happened with his clients in the past), which would suggest to me the Jays knew the price in advance.

 

[JVHaste]

He was a Boras client who iirc was willing to sign for the price of 1.4mil and they offered him 1mil. :-| The Jays have been known to play the small market game even though they're much larger than they let on.

The only reason a talent like that could slide to 37th overall was teams probably heard the list of Boras demands ahead of time (as happened with his clients in the past), which would suggest to me the Jays knew the price in advance.

After looking it up the above is close but its much much more convoluted. Apparently there was a lawsuit and Boras was trying to toe the line of agent and "adviser"

 

[u2me57]

Congrats to Paxton! Another awesome lefty pitcher.

 

[PeteD]

After looking it up the above is close but its much much more convoluted. Apparently there was a lawsuit and Boras was trying to toe the line of agent and "adviser"

yeah i kinda shook my head...didn't sound right to me. Who knows...right?