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Originally Posted by bizaro86
Sure, the Blue Jays lost arbitration with him, but they're still paying him $20MM. Also, they're allowed to decline to offer him a contract, which makes him a free agent but removes the risk of being stuck overpaying someone. I think he'd still have positive trade value, so I don't think releasing him makes any sense. I'm not saying trade him for a 40 year old pitcher, I think you'd want to try and get younger to re-tool/reset the window for this team.
Fair point about FA being risky/difficult for the Jays. I think it's also possible to use that extra money in the trade market - grab someone whose team is looking to cut costs (eg Padres) and you might be able to effectively spend that money without a bunch of trade capital.
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This is why I could see him being released if he has another 1 WAR season and nobody wats to trade for him. And why would anyone want to trade for him unless they thought they had a sure fire way to fix him?