The “What if” game in baseball is a slippery slope, especially when it comes to prospects. For every success story there are dozens of heartbreaks, and plenty of once-promising draft picks leave the game asking themselves, “what if?”
In the case of Aaron Sanchez, the Blue Jays have plenty of “What if” scenarios that could have played out in his young career, and so far things have worked out swimmingly. At this time last year, the Blue Jays’ brass was debating whether the bullpen could handle his absence, or whether it was time to try him in the rotation again.