Even if the risk was not significant as per your assessment (which I do not share), even with small risk it was a poor decision to hold onto JD for a season with low post season chance.
JD would have been traded long ago if Shatkins had full autonomy.
I'll see if I can find my post from last offseason where I said JD should be traded due to injury risk (and Spanky chimed in saying JD has been very durable).
It's not all hindsight, some of us saw the significant risk that has been realized.
It's obvious tanking
Anyway, I'm pumped for next season with Urias, Riley, and Robles likely in the show, a healthy Alex Reyes, and Glasnow possibly turning into a solid starter
And Cy Snell
Those numbers are mostly as a starter. Coming out of the bullpen he'll add a couple of mph to the fastball and if he can regain the cutter he'll be fine against LHH. If not the fallback is a ROOGY for a year
btw i advocated trading Sanchez after his 2016 season, as a sell high move
E-Jax, Happ at his age would be 1 year or 2 year at most deals. Respectability shouldn't be the idea anyway, it's getting guys that would be of value to contenders at the deadline.
Sure, but same can be said for virtually every other other 'non-contending' AL team (O's excepted). As I said it is not realistic to think of the Jays as WC team. Could happen, but quite unlikely.
Hell, being realistic have to project the White Sox as ahead of the Jays in 2019.
Just like this year, a lot of things would need to break right for the Jays to get a WC next season. It's simply not a realistic thought at this point.