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Aaron Sanchez and Noah Syndergaard were linked, from the day in 2010 the Toronto Blue Jays drafted both of them in the first round. They went from the draft to rookie ball and eventually to a super rotation at Class A Lansing in 2012.
They were linked the winter after that season, as well, because when Blue Jays wanted Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey from the New York Mets, the price tag was going to include one or the other of the future aces.
The Mets chose Syndergaard and have had no reason to regret it.