Certainly interesting dynamic. Would the Jays and Padres have done this at the deadline in a normal season?
Catch lightning in a bottle to get in and once in the playoffs, and anything can happen. Same goes the other way. Jays if they didn’t go on a hot streak these last two weeks, would they have made these moves?
But, the end game here? To win a watered down WS? Not making revenue off playoffs. Of course creating a winning culture (though most of these rentals are not re signing) and if you can go all the way and win a WS, banners, even heavily asterisked ones, fly forever. But have you screwed your team for future years in the chase of this sprint to a title?
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