Diamond Joe Quimby
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Interesting perspective! I agree that the Yankees have an abundance of prospect arms and that is somewhat of a need for the Jays organization and think both teams could easily find a solution that benefits both. To me it's just about acquiring the best value on a 35-year old SPer that isn't a part of the future and if Frazier is the best value I can find on the trade market, then I wouldn't hesitate to make a deal with him in it.
Your point about the Yankees and developing pitchers well is something I'm curious about. The Yankees seem to know something about getting extra velocity out of their prospect arms that most other organizations don't. It seems like their entire top 30 prospect that are pitchers can reach the mid-90's and there's a bunch of cases of guys suddenly finding extra velocity upon entering the organization. A few examples are James Kapriliean who is now in Oakland after the Sonny Gray deal who was throwing 88-92 in college and now sits 93-96, Dillon Tate was throwing in the upper 80's in Texas after being drafted and is now throwing 93-95 after being acquired as part of the Carlos Beltran deal, and even Trevor Lane who in college, operated with an 89-90 mph sinker and is now throwing 92-97 mph. There's something here and whatever it is, I hope the Jays are able to figure it out and decide if it's beneficial long-term.
Yep, and they've been doing it for several years now. Likely the product both some of the most expensive coaching (both roving instructors and staff across their minor league levels) and analytics. What's interesting about them is their ability to do it with prospects, whereas the Astros have seemed to find something with mature\veteran pitchers (i.e. Morton, Cole, Peacock, etc.).