What should the Blue Jays do???
They have some excellent young pitchers, a few average infielders and a couple of average young outfielders, plus Donaldson.
They have some excellent young pitchers, a few average infielders and a couple of average young outfielders, plus Donaldson.
The other guys on this team are past their best-before dates. It is time to plan to have a full complement of competitive talent for two - three years from now - meaning, the young pitchers we have now who will still be good in two years, plus a host of new talent from trades and the farm system. This means that if they are going to trade Donaldson - who is a free agent next year, so prime trade bait right now - than they need to realize that this means a rebuild, so they need to trade the rest for what they can get now as well.
If they try half-measures - trade Donaldson to try to be competitive next year - they will fail. This management duo has been coasting with AA's team, although getting Happ was brilliant, while losing Encarnacion was unforgivable.
Management Lesson - if you don't make a guy an offer in free agency, he probably won't say yes.
They own what happens from here.
We are 103 days from the first Spring Training game.
Go Jays Go!
Management are more than happy to let good talent walk. For the last two seasons the team has been riding on what is left from quality decisions made by Anthopoulos before his departure.
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