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Several things1. Why does Toronto care about a second baseman? They're 8 games under .500 in the division with two teams on pace to win over 100 games. They aren't making the playoffs. 2. JA Happ? For one year? Eh, I mean, really? Is this a guy you expect to pitch in the playoffs? Also where does Hellickson fit in once he's off the DL?3. I don't think Robles is enough of a return to warrant giving up Castro AND JT Realmuto. I think there's a lot of you who are severely underestimating how uncommon a catcher who can OPS over .800 is. To put this in perspective, Realmuto is hitting than 29 other teams' first basemen, and if he were to play first base, he would be fourth amongst all first basemen with at least 200 PA (FYI, I'm including first base for all the naysayers who will complain about his pitch framing. Fine, you can move him to first base). It's even more compelling when you look at his away split this season, .302/.385/.542, and his career away from that god awful park: .315/.361/.489. This is elite level production at the catcher position. This is very, very good level production throughout baseball (he is currently 20th in OPS and 14th in wRC+)So the idea that you're going to get him AND Starlin Castro for a prospect (albeit a highly rated one) is somewhat naive.
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Topic: What to trade? (Read 49265 times)
