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Originally Posted by ben voyonsdonc
It’s a whole lot easier to rebuild a farm system than it is to win a World Series. The window for their current pitching staff is closing and it would be a shame for this team to get to the playoffs and just not have the juice to get across the finish line.
Most prospects are like new cars - they often depreciate in value significantly once they leave the parking lot (ie get promoted to the next level). Even guys like who look like surefire contributors at the majors can get hit with career derailing injuries or you can find out that they are capped as bottom of the roster major leaguers at best (ie Austin Martin)
Push all in. It would be really hard to see Nimmala and/or Yesavage moved but if we aren’t going to do whatever it takes to win the World Series when we are leading the Majors and the teams that are chasing are going to add, why are we even playing? A World Series championship lives forever.
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If the Jays end up moving guys like Yesevage and/or Nimmala they will be getting back MLBers with control. So while it would sting (I love following the Jays prospects and get attached) at least they would be adding MLBers who will help not only this season, but for the next season and maybe even more. Something like a Keller/Bednar package for example.