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Originally Posted by cross16
Is this based on anything concrete?
Because I remember the Cards GM specifically saying he was not going to give up his top prospects for a player with 1 year left of control.
I get people don't like Shapiro and Atkins but so far they've done pretty well on trades so harping on them so much for a situation that appears to me to be bad luck more than anything else is pretty unfair, but I get it's just the state of most Blue Jay fans right now.
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I am OK with a lot of the moves Shapiro and Atkins have made, and I still think they are pointing this team in the right direction.
I just think they misjudged this teams competitive window and lost out on recouping some valuable assets by holding on too long. However upon reflection this is likely true with a lot of teams in pro sports, it's very hard to accurately assess a players peak value and correlate that with a teams competitive window and then knowing when to deal said player to get max value. Perhaps they felt it would have been a PR nightmare to deal Donaldson after losing Encarnacion a year prior.
They certainly could not have foreseen Osuna getting into legal trouble and Donaldson's calfs becoming such a nagging issue. I do have a lot of suspicion about how this organization treats its injured players.