On November 28th, 2014 former General Manager Alex Anthopoulos pulled the trigger on a franchise-altering deal with the Oakland Athletics shipping third baseman Brett Lawrie along with highly touted shortstop Franklin Barreto, Kendall Graveman and Sean Nolin in exchange for Josh Donaldson.
The deal instantly catapulted the Blue Jays into contenders and sent a shockwave across the baseball landscape that the Jays were playing for keeps and were committed to the postseason for 2015 and beyond.
Over the past three seasons, Donaldson has put up MVP calibre numbers slashing .