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Optically, trading Josh Donaldson was never going to be easy for the Toronto Blue Jays, even though the amount of distrust that had developed between them meant their relationship was coming to an end, if not Friday than at season’s end.

Really, for both sides, this needed to happen, as difficult as it is to imagine saying that given where things stood even in the spring, when the sides earnestly discussed a contract extension.

So, yeah, this isn’t going to sit well with disgruntled and disappointed fans, even if the player to be named later was described by an industry source as someone Cleveland valued. Reports suggested the player will be right-hander Julian Merryweather, a 26-year-old who had Tommy John surgery in the spring but has arm strength and reached triple-A last year.

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