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Originally Posted by EliteWebmaster
I don't really like the trade for the Blue Jays. For the kind of money/salary they took in, I would rather have guys in the prime, not:
almost over the hill (Buerle), injury concern/slightly overrated (Reyes), 1 year away from Free agency (Johnson).
For that kind of money, I would take:
Felix Hernandez, Justin Verlander, and Robinson Cano (or Matt Kemp/Joey Votto)
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HAHAHAHA,
Not one of those players is a Free Agent this year.
So you would rather take Verlander? Wow I guess AA should just go out and sign him. Oh wait he is signed already until 2015 at which point he will probably command 25M a year. The Jays took on one large contract of a guy exactly in his prime (Reyes - 27 - 30 are the prime years and he is 29). He is healthy (160 games last year). JJ is a FA after this year so no risk there. If he does well we make a pitch for him. Beuhrle is an innings eater that might be old but is effective with the 3rd slowest average pitch in the league. Dickey just won the Cy with the slowest in the bigs. Bonafacio is in Arbitration so probably signs a one year deal and Buck is FA after this year. One ALL STAR player locked in so the risk is small.
The Jays have a good opportunity to compete in the East as it is the weakest it has been in a very long time. They spent some dough and if it works out or not it finally shows the fans they are ready to make some moves. We gave up some prospects, an anti gay SS (that shit doesnt fly in Toronto) and a catcher worse than Buck.
Could the prospects pan out? Sure but trading 3 of the top 10 prospects (not including 1 or 2) is not a huge deal imo.