In Part 1 of this two-part series, I examined whether or not Ross Atkins and the Blue Jays received fair value in the 2018 trade-deadline deal that sent J.A. Happ to the New York Yankees in exchange for Brandon Drury and Billy McKinney. I concluded that the return for Happ was fair when the transaction was completed. However, Blue Jays Management erred in that Happ should have been traded at the July 2017 trade deadline.
In Part 2, this article will analyse the August 31, 2018 trade of Josh Donaldson to Cleveland using the same approach that was used Part 1.