Surprisingly after trading a bunch of players in the Happ/miami trades, the Jays still have one of the top 10 farm teams likely in the 5-8 range give or take. We also have the 10th overall pick and the equivalently good 2nd round pick. All that those trades did was remove some of the guys that were on the high end of the system as most of them have equivalent guys below them coming up. Hechavarria has the guy we signed who was the top international free agent (can't remember his name off the top of my head), Nicolino --> Smoral/Norris, Marisnick --> Davis/Alford, Alvarez --> Nolin/Hutchison (let alone the pro guys that were acquired), Comer --> DeJong etc.
We still have the same depth, it's just they are a year or two further away than the guys we've dealt, which is fine due to the upgrades on the pro team. It also allows for guys like Osuna and Tirado to move up if their performance shows it being worth it.
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