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Originally Posted by Parallex
See I think that really proves my point... guys traded for as prospects were not Aces at the time, Price cost a fortune in $$, Sale cost a fortune in prospects.
They're very hard to get so you need a lot of bullets in that gun to make sure you hit.
Also Trevor Bauer is a complete ####heel ####wad I'd rather the Jays miss the playoffs then give him a single dime.
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I mean the Jays don't have an Ace (or even a legit #1) and those guys are damn near impossible to acquire in Trade
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Yet I showed that 9/10 of those pitchers on those staffs were acquired via trade, including ace Corey Kluber, and ace Chris Sale. (I used those staffs because members of the Jays FO help build them)
One was nabbed before he was a star, and the other picked up for a big cost when he was already a star.
Just saying that you don't have to draft an ace to get one, and Shatkins/Cherington have first hand experience with this.
My bet is if the manage to build the Jays into a contender a good chunk of the starting rotation will have been acquired from other teams in different ways, as opposed to homegrown.
Even Houston's rotation is made up of three guys acquired in trades (Verlander, Cole, Morton) and only two homegrown guys (Keuchel, McCullers), Verlander being another ace acquired via trade.
I think unless you're the Red Sox or Yankees, it's easier to acquire starting pitching through trades and free agency than it is to acquire stud position players.