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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Even with Berrios poor season last year, you still do that trade. SWR and Martin both look like busts, especially Martin. This is coming from a guy who was initially pissed right off when that trade happened.
The jays have 17 home grown players on their 40 man, including key guys like Vladdy, Bo, Jansen, Kirk, Manoah and Romano. The Rays only have 13 home grown players on their 40 man. I think the Jays are doing a solid job of balancing development and trading prospects for proven MLB talent. Especially when you look back and see that none of the prospects they've traded have really done anything to make you regret them being traded. (obviously time will tell with Moreno).
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Everything anyone says here is debatable but not even looking at Berrios and what he’s become, compared to what Martin and SWR have become, at the time the trade looked like an overpay based on their potential. At that time. What each of them respectively has become is a hindsight story. I really think they could have received a better calibre pitcher for that price with some astute negotiating. I see the same thing playing out with the Moreno deal. Further, debatable but I really think a lot of teams are overvaluing the banning of the shift. Certainly they have those spray charts to see where guys like Varsho tend to hit, but 2nd basemen will adjust to position themselves where they need to. It’s going to be interesting to see how it plays out that’s for sure.