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Originally Posted by moon
He is 27 years old, how is he a great YOUNG player?
I think it is a solid move for the Jays but not sure how giving up a useless pitcher and okay SS who isn't likely to improve is a an overpayment, let alone badly overpaying.
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Yikes, you do realize that the Jays have no chance at a playoff spot, Gonzalez was a
one year rental who was having a career year. Really good time to trade him.
Jays will be trading more of those type of players in the up coming weeks IMO (ie. Buck, Downs, Frasor, Overbay, Gregg etc).
There is nothing to be lost by the Jays to take a chance at a Shortstop that the Jays can control for 3 years and has//had star potential (i.e. he did receive MVP votes last year).
Jays sure they took a risk, but this is a good risk to take. If it works out great.
As for his age, remember he has only played two full seasons for the Braves. His first season he played ~ 45 games in AAA before getting recalled from Minors.