Love the Donaldson trade, let's win now. But the more I think about it, the more I think the Donaldson trade could be for a prospect in the teens rather than late 20's/outside top 30, like I originally thought. A pending free agent at season's end, the Jays could have offered Donaldson a qualifying offer (which would have been rejected), and then received a draft pick for signing elsewhere. Depending on that PTBNL, it almost makes more sense to hang on to him a month longer, eat the $1M the Tribe is chipping in for his salary, and then receive a high draft pick (at the end of round 1). Our system is not very deep, but I still don't think it will be a top 10 prospect (hopefully not). We'll find out sometime after the minor leagues have concluded in less than a month.
Another note, just checked the lineups for today, why the he!! is Jose at 3B and Kip at 2B still????????????