Gillick's philosphy was you don't trade for rentals until you are 1 or 2 players away from making a playoff run... When the Blue Jays built their core via the minors and used capital from their minors, to obtain, Alomar and Carter etc, it was during the building phase he was called "Stand-Pat". Once he was within shooting distance, he traded a potential future HOF for a rental pitcher and similar moves in 93.. The result was two WS and as a fan and Jays fan at the time, it was fnnnnn worth it!!