Jays trade Macko for Josh Smith and Josh Stephan

[G-Snarls]

 

 

[BTS]

We certainly have a type 

[Jays24]

Shatkins hate Canadians, confirmed! 

[R.O.]

 

 

[G-Snarls]

 

 

[Laika]

Good trade. 

[dancingmachine]

I'd rather keep Macko then have a zero bat infielder 

[Masterbather]

And the point of this is?

[Olerud363.354]

Seems like this guy was a 3 WAR guy a couple of years but degraded so bad sent to minors.

Where does he play? 

[NiagaraJaysFan]

1 minute ago, Masterbather said:

And the point of this is?

He’s getting to it The end of the fireworks show is always the most powerful! 🙂

[Masterbather]

So we're back to having one moderately decent left-hander in the bullpen. Great.

[Pendleton]

 

[G-Snarls]

Smith had a serious medical illness (hospitalized with viral meningitis yikes) back in early May so not sure this year's numbers since then mean much

[Brownie19]

Just now, G-Snarls said:

Smith had a serious medical illness (hospitalized with meningitis yikes) back in May so not sure this year's numbers since then mean much

2 more years of control for a versatile infielder who's been above average with the stick the last 2 years?  OK

[Bob_Gratton]

He will feel at home with the Jays😅

[Bob_Gratton]

6 minutes ago, Masterbather said:

So we're back to having one moderately decent left-hander in the bullpen. Great.

Hope Little will be traded too

[Bob_Gratton]

9 minutes ago, Olerud363.354 said:

Seems like this guy was a 3 WAR guy a couple of years but degraded so bad sent to minors.

Where does he play? 

Bench

[HomeRunHomer]

I'm whelmed. Hopefully this year is an outlier for Smith and not the new norm for him.

 

[HomeRunHomer]

35 minutes ago, G-Snarls said:

Smith had a serious medical illness (hospitalized with viral meningitis yikes) back in early May so not sure this year's numbers since then mean much

Yikes.  Meningitis can for sure have lasting effects and he may never be the same athlete again.  

Here's an article from May about Smith's bout and recovery from meningitis.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/rangers-josh-smith-back-in-uniform-after-being-hospitalized-with-viral-meningitis/

 

 

[Steeljays17]

With Macko gone I hope this doesn't mean more of little 

[Bob_Gratton]

1 minute ago, Steeljays17 said:

With Macko gone I hope this doesn't mean more of little 

Little will be perfect to blow more games, so Jays will have better draft rank.

[Eat My Shatkins]

Just now, Steeljays17 said:

With Macko gone I hope this doesn't mean more of little 

Maybe Little is figuring things out? Last three appearances 4IP, 13.5 K/9, 2.25 BB/9, 2.25 ERA, 1.61 xFIP

He's a cheap, controllable lefty reliever with elite swing and miss. Hopefully he comes around.

The Jays also have lefty Javen Coleman in AAA now, and he has potential.

[Terminator]

I think Ross cooked with this one.

• Macko is nothing special and he's out of options after this year.
• Somehow Josh Smith still has a couple of options after this year. Prior to this year he put up a 3 WAR and 2 WAR season and then dealing with the illness this year. So he has shown that he is a good MLB player.
• We also got Stephan who is a Top 30 prospect in this deal as well. I'm not sure he's THAT much worse than Macko, especially because he has 3 options and Macko will have none.

 

[Jonn]

Macko sucks. Worthwhile gamble on Smith to be honest.

[Spanky__99]

13 minutes ago, Terminator said:

I think Ross cooked with this one.

• Macko is nothing special and he's out of options after this year.
• Somehow Josh Smith still has a couple of options after this year. Prior to this year he put up a 3 WAR and 2 WAR season and then dealing with the illness this year. So he has shown that he is a good MLB player.
• We also got Stephan who is a Top 30 prospect in this deal as well. I'm not sure he's THAT much worse than Macko, especially because he has 3 options and Macko will have none.

 

Sound trade, me likey.

[Forever92]

Smith had a 6.4 WAR in '24 and '25 combined. He can hit for utility infielder. 

[G-Snarls]

5 hours ago, Forever92 said:

Smith had a 6.4 WAR in '24 and '25 combined. He can hit for utility infielder. 

And had a good game today 

Nice to see 

[Forever92]

22 minutes ago, G-Snarls said:

And had a good game today 

Nice to see 

His bat is coming alive. I seen his wife on tiktok complaining about being traded to only team in foreign country. I never, but I felt like replying you in the major leagues nothing to complain about. Jays are one of riches teams in majors. Came within eyelash of winning World Series last year. 

[Terminator]

On 8/3/2026 at 1:20 PM, Terminator said:

I think Ross cooked with this one.

• Macko is nothing special and he's out of options after this year.
• Somehow Josh Smith still has a couple of options after this year. Prior to this year he put up a 3 WAR and 2 WAR season and then dealing with the illness this year. So he has shown that he is a good MLB player.
• We also got Stephan who is a Top 30 prospect in this deal as well. I'm not sure he's THAT much worse than Macko, especially because he has 3 options and Macko will have none.

 

Bump 

[Terminator]

On 8/3/2026 at 1:33 PM, Spanky__99 said:

Sound trade, me likey.

☝️also knows ball