David Price to the Blue Jays

[And That]

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/07/blue-jays-to-acquire-david-price.html

 

Daniel Norris is going to Detroit, plus some as yet unknown players.

[Mudville9]

Wow. Tulo and Price? That will clean out your farm pretty quick.

[Mudville9]

I don't suppose Detroit would want Gomez for next year for Norris +?

[TheCrew07]

The Jays have completely unloaded the top of their farm system for 2 players and Price is a rental. If they don't make the WS was it worth it?

[bill hAll Star]

The Jays have completely unloaded the top of their farm system for 2 players and Price is a rental. If they don't make the WS was it worth it?

 

Not only that, it's probably just for the Wild Card, and they're 2 games out on that one.

 

We'll see. They seem to think they have 1 more year of a window after this one as Bautista/Encarnacion age and have 1 year left on their deals, but Price likely won't be around.

[StearnsFTW]

Man is Anthopoulos a boob. Always has been.

 

Nice of him to completely gut their farm system in a desperate attempt to keep his job.

[Boomer5]

This is great news for us. Since we are in the market for high ceiling injured pitchers, I wonder if Baltimore has something for us to counter Toronto?

[Duckpondbrew]

Think they still want one last bat to be sure they get the wildcard spot? We'll even settle for the scraps of whats left of the farm system.

[bill hAll Star]

Man is Anthopoulos a boob. Always has been.

 

Nice of him to completely gut their farm system in a desperate attempt to keep his job.

 

I doubt he's doing this to "keep his job" considering the owner is the one that has a major hand in firing him as well as must OK the team adding $75 million in future payroll (factoring in that Reyes is gone).

[Point Beer Is Best]

I don't know if it's a fair comparison or not, but looking at what the Tigers were able to get for 2-3 months of Price vs. what we got for Greinke, it feels like the Tigers did much better for a lesser player.

[monty57]

Well, there goes the chance to trade Fiers to the Jays. Glad that Melvin held out to the last minute to make sure he got the best deal.

 

One thing that's for sure with this trading season is that the belief that teams will not trade top pitching prospects should be shot out of the water. It's just too bad that with all of this talent changing hands, the Brewers have not been able to capitalize at all.

[Boomer5]

NYY and Baltimore will need to step up

[sveumrules]

David Price traded for guy who lives in van down by river.

[mlloyd10]

As a baseball fan, I want the Bluejays to trade for kimbrel

[StearnsFTW]

Man is Anthopoulos a boob. Always has been.

 

Nice of him to completely gut their farm system in a desperate attempt to keep his job.

 

I doubt he's doing this to "keep his job" considering the owner is the one that has a major hand in firing him as well as must OK the team adding $75 million in future payroll (factoring in that Reyes is gone).

 

You do? Ok.

 

He's traded everything that isn't nailed down in an attempt to make the playoffs. And almost certainly the 1 game playoff. Yeah, the owner had to sign off, but Anthopolous came up with this garbage.

 

One of the more ridiculous trade deadlines I can recall for a team that wasn't and isnt a contender. Their pitching still stinks.

[bill hAll Star]

Man is Anthopoulos a boob. Always has been.

 

Nice of him to completely gut their farm system in a desperate attempt to keep his job.

 

I doubt he's doing this to "keep his job" considering the owner is the one that has a major hand in firing him as well as must OK the team adding $75 million in future payroll (factoring in that Reyes is gone).

 

You do? Ok.

 

He's traded everything that isn't nailed down in an attempt to make the playoffs. And almost certainly the 1 game playoff. Yeah, the owner had to sign off, but Anthopolous came up with this garbage.

 

One of the more ridiculous trade deadlines I can recall for a team that wasn't and isnt a contender. Their pitching still stinks.

 

I agree with your lower paragraph.

 

If a team that generally doesn't spend that much money adds $75+ million in payroll, that probably has something to do with the owner. In which case, if the owner said "go and get it done this year at any cost" - he did pretty well IMO.

 

If Anthopolous honestly went to the owner and desperately said, "here is a list of trades" and the owner signed off, knowing that this was Alex's last chance to save his job, then the owner is an idiot and Anthopolous is one heck of a salesman, convincing the owner to light his ship on fire before throwing Alex off.

[TheCrew07]

It just occurred to me that the Jays have traded more potential impact pitching in the last 3 years than the Brewers have ever had... Syndergaard, Nicolino, Hoffman, and Norris. That bothers me and I hope like hell they don't make the playoffs.

[vegasbrewcrew1993]

Wow can't recall the last time I saw a team really go ''all-in'' the way the Blue Jays have. There ain't jack [expletive deleted by moderator] left in their farm system. This is either a brilliant all out high risk attempt at a title or the dumbest thing ever done. Either way this is fun. The Blue Jays usually don't contend and it's nice seeing a different team make a run. No one wanted to see the Yankees win the division anyways.

[danzig6767]

It just occurred to me that the Jays have traded more potential impact pitching in the last 3 years than the Brewers have ever had... Syndergaard, Nicolino, Hoffman, and Norris. That bothers me and I hope like hell they don't make the playoffs.

I feel the opposite. I would like to see Toronto make the playoffs, but not for the sake of their front office at all.

 

My reason is the Toronto fans. It would have to be devastating for their hardcore fans to see the GM trade away their farm system and get nothing out of it. Those fans would be sick to their stomachs for quite a while. I should would.

[endaround]

Toronto has the best run differential in the AL by 25 runs (103 to the Astros 78). They are likely the best team in the AL before they added to it.