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Originally Posted by Harry Lime
Kluber is an ace. Carrasco a solid number two. The reason that there is a discussion is because other teams have caught onto the value of Pillar. My preference would be some AA magic moving Revere and Hutchinson for Salazar or Bauer, but the AA pixie dust is a non-renewable resource.We have to work with Shapiro troll dirt, and hope for the best.
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Outside of the Donaldson deal (which I will be forever grateful), there's no pixie dust in what AA did. Any GM could have made the deals he made. I think AA gets way too much credit for those moves. He basically traded every last single prospect the Blue Jays had to win last year. He didn't have to ask Rogers for permission either as he had accumulated enough surplus in the budget to be able to take on some pro-rated contacts without having to ask for more money.
Where AA should get credit, is he really stuck it to Rogers, and gave Jays fans something to cheer for again. As a result of last year's success, AA has forced Rogers hand into putting a potential contender on the field for the next couple of years. I don't think the plan was to win at all last year at all. The plan was to stay the course and have a boat load of pitching prospects for Shapiro when he took over and started to rebuild. Him and Beeston were not happy (Beeston about being removed deceptively and AA about the hiring of Shapiro), and went out with a bang.