<img decoding="async" src="//thenationnetwork.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/d2/c4/article_d2c43509-fafd-44de-9790-e1c5de3c3c3c.jpg" alt="José Bautista" style="width: 100%; height: auto;"> Photo Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports
&#8220;I don&#8217;t think there should be any negotiations.&#8221;

That was Jose Bautista last spring, speaking to a gaggle of reporters about his looming free agent walk year, failing to be careful what he wished for.
It has likely been a rather lonely winter for the man they call Joey Bats. After declining the Blue Jays&#8217; $17.2 million qualifying offer in early November, and in the process chaining a draft pick around his own neck, Bautista sat and waited as the market for one-dimensional power hitters collapsed around him.
We all know about Edwin Encarnacion&#8217;s roller coaster ride through free agency. Before that even began there was a sign that things could get ugly, when Chris Carter, who hit 41 home runs for the Brewers, wasn&#8217;t even tendered a contract. Mark Trumbo hit 47 home runs for the Orioles, and yet his name—like Bautista&#8217;s name—hardly appeared in rumours.
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<img src="//thenationnetwork.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/d2/c4/article_d2c43509-fafd-44de-9790-e1c5de3c3c3c.jpg" alt="José Bautista" style="width: 100%; height: auto;"> Photo Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports"I don't think there should be any negotiations."That was Jose Bautista last spring, speaking to a gaggle of reporters about his looming free agent walk year, failing to be careful what he wished for.It has likely been a rather lonely winter for the man they call Joey Bats. After declining the Blue Jays' $17.2 million qualifying offer in early November, and in the process chaining a draft pick around his own neck, Bautista sat and waited as the market for one-dimensional power hitters collapsed around him.We all know about Edwin Encarnacion's roller coaster ride through free agency. Before that even began there was a sign that things could get ugly, when Chris Carter, who hit 41 home runs for the Brewers, wasn't even tendered a contract. Mark Trumbo hit 47 home runs for the Orioles, and yet his name—like Bautista's name—hardly appeared in rumours.<a href="https://sports.vice.com/ca/article/what-can-the-blue-jays-expect-from-aging-slugger-jose-bautista-in-2017">CONTINUE READING AT VICE SPORTS</a>

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