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Originally Posted by JTech780
That would be an awful trade. Vientos is a one tool guy, he brings power and that is about it. He isn’t a good enough defender to stay at 3B, he is moving to 1B in a year or two. Vientos and Alonso doesn’t make you a better team, I would much rather have Vladdy.
Vladdy was a 5.5 WAR player last year
Vientos and Alonso combined for a 5 WAR.
You would be a worse team with those two than with Vladdy.
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I agree with all of this, although I think it's fair to note that Vientos and his 2.9 WAR was in like 110 games because he started in the minors. So its probably fair to multiply that by 1.5.
Anyway, vladdy is better than vientos. But is 1 year of Vladdy at 28.5 MM better than 5 years of cost controlled Vientos? I'm not so sure, and I think it's getting close to that being the choice.
Also, that trade moves the compete window out a bit - I don't think the Jays can compete this year at this point. Maybe if they got all of Santander/Bregman/Sasaki? But Vientos will have significant positive value in 2-3 years whereas letting Vlad walk as an FA gets you nothing after this year.