Back when the Blue Jays traded Marcus Stroman to the New York Mets, I’ll admit that I wasn’t very happy. It’s not that I was shocked the Blue Jays had just traded their best starting pitcher, I was mostly surprised that I knew next to nothing about the pitchers from back to Toronto.
After some time to calm down, read some scouting reports, and watch some video, I realized that the Blue Jays had done pretty well for themselves. Simeon Woods Richardson has now jumped into most Top 100 prospects lists, Anthony Kay looks like a viable MLB starter as well, and let’s face it, the relationship between Stroman and the Blue Jays was pretty fractured by the time the deal went down.