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Originally Posted by moon
Surprised the Jays didn't get/go after (at least I heard no rumours) Doug Fister.
For what he went for it seems like it would have been a good fit. While he isn't a number 1 and arguably a number 2 he would have been an upgrade and come much cheaper than what FA's are going to want.
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Sounds like they likely tried, but no interest at all from Detroit - even if hypothetically the Jays wanted to "overpay" for him.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/1...oles-rays.html
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Whenever there's a trade that fans perceive as being one-sided, fans will often wonder why their team didn't get involved in negotiations. The beginning of a recent SportsNet.ca interview with Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos shows why that might not be as easy as it sounds. Anthopoulos says Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski told him that the Jays simply didn't have the players he wanted in a trade for Doug Fister. Detroit eventually sent Fister to the Nationals for Ian Krol, Steve Lombardozzi and Robbie Ray. That Dombrowski apparently didn't think the Blue Jays could beat that package might seem surprising, but it appears the Tigers simply had a very clear idea what they wanted, and it wasn't possible for the Jays to enter a higher bid.
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