Deep breaths, everybody. We've seen some significant trades already this offseason. We've seen salary dumps. We've seen draft picks moved. We've seen contenders take calculated risks and rebuilding clubs cash out veterans. This is bigger. The owner-less Baltimore Orioles have traded ace starter Steve Avery and outfielder Johnny Damon to the Montreal Expos for Chris Nabholz, the 18th overall pick in the 1997 draft, Montreal's 1998 first-round...
Apparently one trade wasn't enough. Barely had the ink dried on the Matt Nokes deal before the Toronto Blue Jays were back on the phones, this time striking a deal with the Boston Red Sox. Boston acquires Dante Bichette. Toronto acquires Rusty Greer and Terry Jones. And honestly, this feels like one of those trades where both teams looked at a player they didn't quite know what to do with and decided somebody else should have the problem. Let's...
The offseason had been suspiciously quiet in Toronto. Not anymore. The Toronto Blue Jays officially enter the trade market by acquiring catcher Matt Nokes from the owner-less Baltimore Orioles in exchange for catcher Walt McKeel and reliever German Jimenez. And frankly, this feels like one of those trades where everybody involved probably hangs up the phone feeling pretty good about themselves. Let's start with Toronto. Because Nokes is the...