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Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under
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.
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Yes the treatment of injured players is for sure valid, I would share that as those stories go back a long time.
The game lately seems to have trended away from teams giving away the farm unless they get control, so I really question how much Donaldson would have received had he been traded last offseason and i'm just not sure it would have matched the return some float out there. I think the peak time to trade Donaldson would have been coming off the back to back ALCS appearances where the Jays still had 2 years of control on him. I can understand and appreciate the argument that a front office should know a rebuild is coming and therefore should have dealt him coming off those back to back appearances but at the same time that's really simplify what is an incredibly complex decision.
Obviously if I'm wrong and the Jays turned down offers that included multiple top prospects for Donaldson in the off-season I would agree with the criticism of the front office. I just find it hard to believe given how they've operated teams in the past and the Jays since they got here. I personally view Shapiro and Atkins and very smart individuals and I think there is a lot of talent in the Jays front office that is smarter than that.