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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
Tulowitzki at short stop defensively has to be worth 2 more wins that what Reyes was.
Of the final 4 teams in the playoffs, the only one who had a big money pitcher who played the whole year on the team was the Cubs with Jon Lester. The Mets staff is home grown players for the most part, the Royals traded for Johnny Cueto like the Jays did with Price and the rest of their staff is hardly high priced. The Giants with all their WS wins essentially did it on the back of their home grown guys who actually faded off once they started to get more expensive.
I think the smart way to spend your money in Baseball is to stay away from big money pitching. Develop as much as you can in house, grab a pending one at the deadline to help you out. But in terms of your big dollar commitments, I think a 22 million dollar Josh Donaldson does more to win you games than a 22 million dollar Jordan Zimmerman would.
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I fully agree with your strategy on home grown pitching talent, but that went out the window for the Blue Jays when they traded every single last pitching prospect they had starting with the Dickey trade and culminating with the moves last year. Syndergaard, Nolin, Norris, Hoffman, Graveman, etc. All gone. They have only Sanchez and Osuna left, and they are absolutely killing their development in order to fill short-term holes in the bullpen. I'd argue that Sanchez is likely already ruined as a starter, so maybe keeping him in the bullpen as a power arm is the smart move now. The Jays are in full on win now mode, and they need pitching. They can't make any deals at the deadline this year to acquire another star rental, so they either have to spend this off season to have one another go at it or move on and rebuild using the chips they currently have to replenish the empty prospects cupboard. It would appear that they aren't going to spend, but given the expectations of the fan base, they can't start to rebuild either.