[Davidi] Next challenge for Blue Jays rebuild is timing ‘the leap’

Prospects/young players traded away by Anthopoulos in 2015:

  • Matt Boyd (SP) - 4.57 ERA/4.34 FIP across 543.1 innings/101 appearances from 2016-2019, 1.9 bWAR/season in that span - Age: 28
  • Daniel Norris (SP) - 4.68 ERA/4.55 FIP across 402.1 innings/89 appearances from 2014-2019, 0.7 bWAR/season in that span - Age: 26
  • Miguel Castro (RP) - 4.04 ERA across 209.1 innings/150 appearances from 2017-2019, 0.9 bWAR/season in that span - Age: 24
  • Dawel Lugo (3B) - .567 OPS across 217 plate appearances/62 games from 2018-2019, -0.1 bWAR/season in that span - Age: 24
  • Jeff Hoffman (SP) - 6.03 ERA/5.15 FIP across 177.2 innings/45 appearances from 2016-2019 [in Colorado], -0.1 bWAR/season in that span - Age: 26
  • Jimmy Cordero (RP) - 4.83 ERA across 31.2 innings/33 appearances from 2018-2019, 0.1 bWAR/season in that span - Age: 27

Other prospects/young players traded away by Anthopoulos during his tenure (that had varying levels of major league success): Noah Syndergaard (SP), Yan Gomes (C), Jake Marisnick (CF), Anthony DeSclafani (SP), Joe Musgrove (SP), Eric Thames (1B), Adeiny Hechavarria (SS), Brett Lawrie (3B), Kendall Graveman (SP), Henderson Alvarez (SP), Travis d'Arnaud (C), Danny Farquhar (RP), Justin Nicolino (SP), Asher Wojciechowski (RP), Carlos Perez (C), and Franklin Barreto (2B).

There are a few in there I'd like to have back, particularly from the list of prospects traded away prior to 2015. Either way, those runs in 2015 and 2016 were worth it!

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