Arenado on why he vetoed a trade to the Astros.
“[Kyle Tucker] is one of the best players in the game,” said Arenado, via The Athletic’s Chandler Rome. “When you see a team trade him, 99 out of 100 players would probably be wondering, ‘What does that mean?’ That’s the question I asked myself. And obviously if I went there, [Alex] Bregman wouldn’t have been going there — that’s another player.”
This definitely shows that not having Vlad or Bo locked up would have been hurting the Jays in negotiations trying to convince players to come play in Toronto. Hopefully with Vlad locked up that changes.