DENVER, CO - JULY 11: Austin Martin #16 of American League Futures Team bats against the National League Futures Team at Coors Field on July 11, 2021 in Denver, Colorado.(Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)
The Toronto Blue Jays made some a pretty big trade at the deadline late last month, packaging top prospects Austin Martin and Simeon Woods-Richardson and shipping them off to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for starting pitcher Jose Berrios.
The move was met with both excitement and anguish by the Jays fanbase, as fans were a bit torn on the trade based on the quality of the prospects given up to acquire Berrios but also reveled in the excitement of the Blue Jays front office recognizing that they needed to make some moves and not being afraid to deal top prospects for established talent at the major league level.