Paladin2799
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Eaton is an elite player and has been for 3 years now, and the move from center to Right has only enhanced that. He was a 6 WAR player last year, the 2nd best RF ahead of names like George Springer, Nelson Cruz, Stephen Piscotty, Gregory Polanco, and even Bryce Harper (he had an awful year by his standards but still). He ranked as the 5th best offensive RF ahead of Mark Trumbo, and the absolute best defensively in RF ahead of Jason Hayward according to Fangraphs. What makes him so valued is that elite skillset combined with team control and being a great value on that contract being paid $21.2 total until 2019 plus 2 reasonable option years. The man will be paid $2.8 next season, that's a huge bargain for the value he brings all over the field. This lets the Jays potentially invest in other areas to bolster the roster if he was acquired.
Offensively he combines good Walk rates and Strikeout rates (8.9% and 16.3% last season respectively) with an all fields approach to post a strong AVG and OBP. He has good speed to steal 15-20 bases, and a bit of power both to the gaps and over the fence (back to back 14 HR seasons as well as back to back 9 triple seasons). He has a mostly groundball tendency on his hits, but he hits a lot of line drives as well which when coupled with his high medium to Hard contact rates, his floor becomes steady and high. He's an explosive player all over the field and he is a guy I'm pleased to hear the Jays show interest in along with Fowler.
Not exactly sure what it would cost to acquire him from the White Sox, but it sounds like they are looking to start over and their prospect cupboard is pretty bare. I would think it would start with a guy a like Richard Urena, a SS of the future which they don't have anywhere close to the majors. I would then think they would want either Stroman or Vlad Guerrero Jr. Then either a guy like Reid-Foley or Alford. If Guerrero was the guy in the package, there might be A ball pitcher(s) sent too because of how far away he is. If they wanted to diversify, some upside arms like Perdomo or Justin Maese might be of interest as well. Additionally, David Robertson is potentially on the block from CHW as well, so maybe him as part of the package coming back to Toronto along with Eaton would help ease the loss of Prospects.
So you want the jays to give up arguably 3 prospects in the top5 of their farm? As well as potentially throwing in an elite young arm in stroman?
Has there ever been a trade with that sort of premium ever before?
I think you're bat**** crazy in terms of the cost.
If Toronto gives up Stroman-Urena-Alford we should string the GM up.