A blockbuster baseball deal occurred yesterday.
Toronto got the two best pitchers that the Marlins had, including Mark Buehrle. They also got their highest paid player in Jose Reyes.
The Marlins saved around $250 million in salary and received some of Toronto's best prospects.
I would be excited if I were a Toronto fan, and really bummed to be a Marlins follower. Even Marlins players are publicly disgusted with the deal. It's like giving up and willingly becoming a triple-a ball club.
HOWEVER...
The Marlins do have lots of extra money to spend in free agency now, and that may have their plan all along. IF any of the prospects they got from Toronto become starters this season, the deal really won't look that bad.
Toronto, on the other hand, just about doubled their roster value. I guess when you play in the Yankees division, you feel like you have to spend like the Yankees. The pressure is now on them to perform like the Yankees. If they don't that payroll is going to kill them.
Interesting deal.
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