I believe in the Angels, but are the M's really for real, or are they just on a hot streak? Conversation about the Royals in the media seems to have died down too.
Fair enough, but that's as much on the other four organizations as on them. For some reason, I don't see TB making it policy to nix major trades against direct competitors, but I could be wrong.
Hard to believe the Giants used a 10-16 month to lose their division lead as of July 1. They even started the month 6-1, too. Ouch. At least the Jays dont have a Dodgers-calibre team to contend with.
TB are too intelligent to avoid division deals. If the Jays offer a king's ransom, take the deal. While Toronto benefits for the one and a half years you're rebuilding anyway, you reap the benefits of literally having their farm two or three years later.