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In response to "the shame of it is, if they wanted to trade these guys, they could have gotten so much more. " by groiny

That's the thing. It's a lazy firesale. You make up these trades in volume.

Posted by David (aka David) Nov 13 '12, 17:46

They only got 3 out of the 10 best Bluejays prospects. And as Bill James used to say, everybody has a list of the top 10 prospects in their farm system. That doesn't mean they're any good.

On top of everything else, it's a terrible package. They clearly didn't want to weather the media firestorm of doing five different deals. So they just pulled the bandaid off tonight.

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So the AL East is going to be bloodsport next season, is what you're saying? -- nm - Reagen Nov 13, 17:53 3
- Toronto is definitely viable now. It's clearly the best division in baseball at the moment. -- nm - David Nov 13, 17:55 2
  - Poor Boston. They are like the Orioles of the AL East, before we didn't suck for one glorious summer. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 13, 18:05 1
    - But they stole David Ross so I despise them. - David Nov 13, 18:15
(This is what Toronto can and presumably will do over the next few months.) -- nm - David Nov 13, 17:50 2
- What's scary is I'm not even that impressed with many of the players going .... but still grand theft. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 13, 17:52
- Uh-huh, I doubt they'll all be with Toronto on opening day. -- nm - the liioulu with Nov 13, 17:52

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That's the thing. It's a lazy firesale. You make up these trades in volume.

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