Blue Jays are stuck in such a bad situation with attracting free agents. Pitchers don't want to come because its a terrible pitchers park in a hitting park division. Position Players don't want to come here because of the turf even though its a great hitters park.
You would be taking a big hit to your chances to win in the short term. Just because prospects are major league ready doesn't mean they produce right away. You would probably be taking wins away from 2015 with a trade of those 2 players as well.
One thing that I don't think gets noticed is the Trop has an all dirt infield. I think most of the injuries the Blue Jays have had would be running the bases and it makes sense because that is when you are accelerating from stop to start. Also the Rays seem to have a lot of young players which means they have less wear and tear compared to the Blue Jays who are a lot older.
Combining all the factors you can see why the Blue Jays are more injury prone.
How is Pompey's arm? From what I hear Pompey's defence sounds like he has about the same range as Colby (hopefully not afraid of the outfield wall) and a little better arm. At least I would hope because Colby has a terrible arm.
I don't get the "sell since we won't win" arguement. If the Blue Jays sweep the Os the division is tied. Red Sox and Yankees seem like they're out of it and the Rays are pretty far behind. Upcoming series against the Rangers should be a good test to see. We need to win at least 2/3 of the series.
I really like Pompey's approach at the plate. Seems to have good plate discipline and has a nice line drive stroke. Obviously a ridiculous small sample though, but it was still nice to see nonetheless.
I think the feeling is that he will get 2 strikes on you anyways so might as well get a hit. Im sure he doesn't want his hitters pulling a Reyes though and swing at everything.
They have a very good group of position players even with Davis being terrible so far. I think everyone sees their pitching and thinks they can't keep it up. I don't think you can keep thinking they will fall back down to earth though and have to treat them as a pretty good ballclub.