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Originally Posted by JayP
Because the guys they would potentially be getting in return have higher upsides, are already really good, and a cost controlled for a long time?
A move like this allows the Jays to allocate their money with a lot less risk. Free agent starting pitching deals rarely work out well for teams. At best, you break even. Acquiring young, cost-controlled, and very good starting pitchers and then using the rest of the budget to patch holes on position players via free agency is a lot smarter strategy.
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The only pitchers with any upside on the Indians are Danny Salazar and Trevor Bauer. Kluber and Carrasco are almost 30 and both have decent sized contracts kicking in.
I'd love to have Salazar and would be more than willing to give up Sanchez for him, but gutting the outfield of it's only major league ready prospect and a rookie coming off a great season makes no sense. Salazar is eligible for Arbitration next year and his price tag is going to be very high in each of the 2017-2020 season. You only really get a deal on him for one year (2016). You can get an established guy as good as Salazar on the FA market, and it's not going to cost you all that much more except in the first year or two.