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Originally Posted by cross16
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.
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Yes you're probably right. I think teams have been much more reticent to deal top prospects for players with no control since Chapman got the Yankees Gleyber Torres.