Bautista's right, so no blame or anything to look into there. He's simply not a guy who toots the company horn at every moment. I'm a bit late to the party in all this as I just heard about the deal this morning, but I'm ecstatic. I know there's some trepidation about giving up prospects, but to me there are so many baseball prospects at a young age who fizzle out, that it's virtually impossible to not make a deal like this if available. Unless there's a virtual certainty with a generational prospect that comes around every now and then (like Harper), I'd do the deal 10 out of 10 times. These new draft picks are simply too young and numbers wise, most will do nothing with their career, so I don't mind losing Hoffman. Losing Castro hurts a little, but I have no problem getting the best SS in the game, especially that he's locked up for the longer term.
The idea of addressing pitching isn't lost on the Jays management (how can it)? Pitching is probably just at a premium so AA decided to shore up SS when it became possible. Personally I don't believe in anything bad rumored about Reyes. He seems like a nice guy. You don't always have to look intense to have an inner drive - he's simply been hampered by injuries.
As for next steps, if it came down to EE or JB, I'd personally deal both for 1st starters, but if only one could be dealt I'd actually vote JB simply because injuries are starting to pile up on him. For the playoff run I'd much rather have him though, but if it were for future building I could see his career really going off path fast from injuries.
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