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Originally Posted by CaramonLS
This is a garbage trade.
We pay 7 million of the ~12 left on his contract. We get absolutely nothing for him.
We are going to end up paying Hillenbrand 5 Million per season (very likely or higher) in Arb this year, and we could have traded him and actually gotten a decent return (people actually want him on their team).
This is a guy who isn't as good as Koskie is. Koskie WILL put up better numbers than Hillenbrand this season. We are basically paying 8.5 Million for a Hillenbrand this season. That is what this works out to be.
Koskie will have a bounce back year after being injured for most of last season.
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This is exactly what I thought the Jays would do. Remember Koskie has a had a big problem staying healthly the last few years. I don't believe the Jays could keep a Bench guy with that big of a contract. As for Shea he is the every day DH and will play at first and 3rd but Koskie would not see allot of time. In my view this was a money move it free's up some space if they need a guy later on (i.e. Outfielder).