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Old 02-14-2013, 02:56 AM   #14
Buster
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Originally Posted by Brooklyn Jet View Post
Walk?

At least be accurate.... they dealt him for one of the top catching prospects in all of baseball and another top pitching prospect, #3 in the Jays system.

They traded an aging pitcher at his highest value; thats not a bad move if you look at it impartially.
The facts as I see them are:

They traded a proven MLB pitcher who was going to get a big bump in pay for a couple of guys who have shown to have a lot of potential but zero MLB production.

The move dropped the Mets team payroll for the 2013 season.
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