Trade Josh Donaldson?

[John_Havok]

OK 20 WAR (an optimistic outcome) at about $8M per, is worth about $160M. My suggestion of a contract that could get him $155M is in line with that. If someone else is willing to overpay above that, they would be pretty foolish. If the Jays can't sign him this offseason, they should definitely try hard to trade him.

 

And bearing in mind this will be Donaldson only chance at a free agent contract... I highly doubt he signs anything before actually hitting FA status. Realistically the Jays have to decide if getting more via trade as a return vs 1 comp pick is worth the negative PR that would be created by trading him.