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Originally Posted by cross16
1) 3) I don't think the Jays are starting a rebuild, they are already in it. I think it makes sense to have some players who can contribute in 1-2 seasons because that is when I see guys like Jansen, Vlad Jr, Bichette etc coming up and being ready to go. to me it makes sense to have some MLB ready talent with them.
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This is true and I agree. Baseball isn't a sport where adding one guy can transform a franchise. You don't want to burn it to the ground and then immediately call up Vlad because a replacement level team + Vlad is still a really bad team and then you're just wasting Vlad's pre-arbitration and cost friendly years. Having said that he (Drury) hasn't displayed much thus far. He's basically just displayed that he can be Solarte... meaning an averagish bat that can play multiple non-premium positions. Which is handy thing to have... but you can't have it in excess and right now the Jays have it in excess. The Jays basically need to ship out one of Diaz or Solarte for this to make any sense under any circumstance.
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Originally Posted by JTech780
So teams that were looking to acquire Happ, weren't looking at him as a top of the pitcher, he is a guy that rounds out a rotation.
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Sure... I still don't think making the key piece back a averagish 25 year old utility IF (that can't reasonably play SS) was a wise move for a franchise that has a glut of such infielders (and suspect pitching depth).