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Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under
I don't completely understand this trade, I've only been following baseball closely for maybe 2 years now, specifically the Jays.
From my perspective I see the Jays trading two guys who appeared to be popular guys and loved being Jays for a guy who is hitting .209.
Someone care to enlighten me?
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Johnson last year was one of the best 2B in all of baseball. His bat sucks this year, but is still close to a .700 OPS (on base + Slugging)
Additionally, if Hill was to leave as a free agent, we wouldn't get anything, same with J-Mac.
If Johnson leaves at the end of the year, we will for sure get 1 1st round draft pick (a prospect similar to Anderson, Smith Jr. or Comer) or possibly two depending if he's a type A free agent instead of type B.
Basically we traded two players that won't get us anything for one that will, or if he resigns, then we'll get someone similar to Hill with the possibility of him rebounding.