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Pjzza
The Twins better shoop in and sign him.
A'sfaninUK
Beane should offer him Barreto and Graveman for Donaldson just for s’s and giggles.
cxcx
It would actually be a way better deal now than then. Donaldson with two fewer years of control, Barretto with the same.
johnsilver
Really wish he would have stayed in Boston as a sidekick with Dombrowski now that he’s been vindicated with many of his moves. As a talent evaluator, he’s near the top, probably exactly why Toronto would love to grab him up.
Baltimore is where I see the perfect match.. Duquette with his superb scrounging abilities and Cherrington’s ability to find amateur talent would be the best 1-2 in the game.
start_wearing_purple
Except Cherington would have still been GM in Boston. So not a sidekick, more like an underling.
bradthebluefish
Definitely a good point. They’d make for a great 1-2.
But honestly Duquette’s problem is simply rotation issues. It shouldn’t be hard to find pitchers who can provide 5-6 quality innings per start and yet Duquette truly cannot find those pitchers.
soxfan1
Damn, the AL East just turned into a grudge match
billyisgone14
I have to like the front office right now. Shapiro brings in Atkins, who worked with him in Cleveland, who is an excellent talent evaluater. And now gets Cherington who is also an excellent evaluater. The front office is starting to get pretty loaded with great baseball minds, and that also includes Tony LaCava who was here with AA the last few years. The Jays should be able to start revamping that prospect pool quite quickly with significant talent at this rate.
grantr
Start? The system is already clearly in the top half of baseball. What they need to do is keep the major league team in contention as those players mature. Then they will have their ideal Cardinals/Giants type of consistent winner.
vtadave
Who had them in the top half? Just curious, as I’ve seen some rankings that have them more in the 25 range.
grantr
Nobody will update their lists until the offseason, but huge strides were made in terms of the farm system this year. Tellez and Reid-Foley took big strides, McGuire and Ramirez were added, they had an excellent draft, and Guerrero Jr. and Bichette had huge breakout years.
BoldyMinnesota
Ya it was a nice year. Harris really did great, Reid-foley did great, Greene struggled a bit, but will still be a top 100 prospect probably. Getting to top 10 prospects from a team with a strong farm system like Pittsburgh really helped, for a AAAA pitcher who looks like jake Arrieta one day and then Alfredo Simon for the next 5 starts. We seem to always be able to build a nice farm, it’s just AA gutted it twice.
thecoffinnail
Your Arrieta to Simon comp is spot on. Hutchison completely shut the Yankees down on opening day last year. He looked terrific. He looked nowhere near as good the next few times I saw him. Difference was night and day.
tomahawk21
Damn I would have loved for my Braves to have taken him on in such a smallish role! Really loved a lot of the moves he made in Boston and I don’t think they gave him enough time or credit.
Red Sox rob
Charrington is too timid to be a great GM good move for Toronto for the future great move for everybody else now