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Tom McCoy
Hows Colby working out for you guys? XD
Lunchbox45
not as good as Doc is working out for the Phils I guess. XD
Chris Whitby
Obviously not well so far, but kind of harsh to judge a 24-year-old CF on 140 AB with Toronto.
brstreet9
I wonder how Colby’s dad is working out for them.
M_Harden
well of course the DBacks don’t have a starter that came from Toronto, they wanted to limit it to their entire infield only so they won’t be called the Arizona Blue Jays.
Lanidrac
Heh, that reminds me of how the entire Blue Jays starting infield from one year (not counting catcher) eventually all played for the Cardinals (although not all four at the same time).
skoods
Each team has one starter that they drafted and three that they acquired via other transactions. Interesting.
Lunchbox45
your attention to detail is remarkable. Are you a CSI?
Charles
Notice the Jays gave up three of the starters in these playoffs – Halladay, Marcum and Edwin Jackson. For that they got Drabek + two above average prospects, Lawrie and Rasmus. Lawrie is a star but broke bones in his hand twice this season (an Ironman he is not), Drabek was just plain awful after his first few starts, and Rasmus will never be compared to Curtis Granderson, Jacoby Ellsbury or even BJ Upton in the AL East. Sure AA traded the albatross Wells contract and got Napoli in return, but Napoli now stars on Texas in these playoffs and we were left with Frank Francisco. My point is that the players the Jays have at the ML level today aren’t good enough to make the playoffs , while those they’ve traded are. Sure we have some good prospects, but until they’ve proved they can win at the major league level like Halladay and Marcum, they are just that: prospects. Kelly Johnson is another AA trade where the player we recieved will never be compared to Pedroia or Cano in the AL East. So the only AA trades that have made us a more playoff ready team for 2012 is A-Gon for Yunel Escobar, and maybe Lawrie is he doesn’t always get hurt.
Mr_Anderson1017
Can’t believe I forgot Edwin Jackson used to play for the Blue Jays…so did baseball-reference..