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Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix
Not when trading that hitter will likely still leave you with a top 3-5 offensive team in baseball. Bringing in a decent starter and reliever for Bautista would do wonders for this club as Tulo will really soften the blow of losing Bautista. One trade could hypothetically make them drop from #1 in offense to #5 but raise them in defense from #30 to #20... which would be awesome for this team. That's likely 5-10 more wins if that's what we had all year. There's no rule that says trading offense for defense will result in a net difference of zero runs.
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This is completely false. The best player in baseball (Mike Trout) is not worth 10 wins on his own over the course of an entire season. But somehow losing an elite hitter in Bautista and replacing him with a decent starter is going to improve the club 10 wins in 2/3 of a season? There's no rule that says you have to build your team around being above average at everything. Good teams can have flaws too if you are world beating in other areas.
Just because the Jays have the best offense in baseball doesn't mean Tulo can't improve it. A run is a run whether it's created or prevented - they all count the same. This isn't hockey where having too many good forwards can cause diminishing returns since there's only so much icetime to go around (especially on the PP).