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Originally Posted by cross16
I like the deal personally, but that's because I wasn't expecting much more than this for Stroman. I was never really behind the idea he was going to land you multiple top 100 prospects or land you an organizations 1 or 2 prospects, especially when you factor in that the Jays were clearly focused on arms in the deal. The league really seems to be trending away from trading top prospects unless you are getting a true superstar or Ace (ala Chris Sale) and that isn't Stroman.
to get a guy who was a Top 100 prospects recently and pitched in the Future's game and then a guy in SWR who has been called a "stud" by more than a few people on twitter (and sounds like he could be a top 100 or even top 75 prospect soon) I think is a pretty good return. Not great sure, but I'm not that convinced a great return was coming for him and it sounds like that is the case from some of the insiders out there.
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Yes - I think I fall in the same camp. Mind you, I am not a baseball nerd, so my knowledge is superficial. The round-table discussion on the Athletic seemed to be pretty positive - the main sentiment there was "what the f are the Mets doing?"