Aging arms & lengthy contracts

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According to Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe, David Price really likes it in Toronto. If new Toronto Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro gets the go-ahead from ownership he will likely do all he can to keep him. The Dodgers, Cubs, Yankees, Nationals, and Red Sox are teams that could come after him hard. This one could be north of seven years/$210 million.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2015/09/05/baseball-contenders-strengths-could-also-weaknesses/OWkq0Yt8QCMWRikkgvwkFL/story.html

7. David Price, LHP, Blue Jays — Word from team sources is that Price really likes it in Toronto. If new Jays president Mark Shapiro gets the go-ahead from ownership he will likely do all he can to keep him. The Dodgers, Cubs, Yankees, Nationals, and Red Sox are teams that could come after him hard. This one could be north of seven years/$210 million.

To be fair, I think David Price would like it pretty much everywhere. He seems like a guy who can be content pretty much anywhere. The fan support and the chemistry in the clubhouse certainly isn't going to hurt but I'm not going to bank on anything when the Jays have never been able to seal one of these long-term free agent deals

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Travis could be a pretty nice trade chip in the offseason and might land us a good starter with a few years of control.

Why the **** would we trade Travis? He was one of our most productive players while healthy and he's just 24 (he would have very likely been our second best player this year if he didn't get injured). Bautista and Encarnacion are on the decline. It would be idiotic to trade one of the few young bats this team has. We'd have to be getting back an elite and equally young pitcher for us to even consider the trade, not just a "good" starter.