No. Progression is not the opposite of regression. A very infuriatingly common mistake, much like idiots who say irregardless.
Progression/retrogression
And in no wAy I'm saying that missing out on Prado is the end of the world, but the were moves out there to be made whether it was Prado, or a decent pen arm that could have helped the Jays, where the excuse for not making could not have been "they wanted major league roster players back."
When you see the returns that these other guys were going for, there's just no way it can be true unless very other GM in baseball just decides to ask AA to pay three times the value that they end up settling for.
I didnt expect any big moves to be done that would require sanchez or Stroman. There's no way you will ever convince me that towers was asking for Samchez or Stroman for Prado, but settled for a prospect literally 5 people have heard of out of the Yankees system, or that a decent pen arm would cost Stroman or Sanchez.
Anyone expecting the blockbuster type trade is delusional, but those smaller low cost deals that would have still helped the team were also nowhere to be found.
I find the argument of "well we don't know what other teams were offering or what they wanted so we better just assume AA did everything right" is a bit shortsighted.
Hope the jays take out theirs frustrations on Buchanen and light his ass up. Be frustrated off the field if you want, but once the game starts, put it away and be pros.