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TORONTO – The payoff from the acquisition of Drew Storen didn’t come from the right-hander’s work on the mound for the Toronto Blue Jays. There’s no way to sugar-coat it — that end of the deal worked out terribly, given the role he was expected to fill.

Rather, the reward from Storen’s time with the Blue Jays, which came to an end Sunday when he was designated for assignment, was that his presence allowed Aaron Sanchez to end up in the rotation, opened up left field for Michael Saunders (who was nearly traded for Jay Bruce, but that’s another matter) and created a role for Ezequiel Carrera, who is out of options and may have been otherwise lost.

Those are all by-products of the Jan. 8 trade that sent left-fielder Ben Revere to the Washington Nationals for Storen. The Blue Jays did the right thing by recognizing they couldn’t give him the innings he needed to get himself right. They needed Storen to be much better and could use his roster spot more effectively.

“Obviously accountable for that, that’s not the outcome you’re looking for, that’s not the outcome Drew Storen is looking for, either,” said general manager Ross Atkins. “If you look at the rest of the team and how that impacted some other guys, not that there are benefits to subtraction, but sometimes there are opportunities given to other guys because of the way a roster changes.”

Later, he added, “it got to the point where we had better alternatives, really.”

Those alternatives include set-up man Jason Grilli, whose late May pickup has been life raft for the Blue Jays bullpen, and fellow right-hander Bo Schultz, who’s earning more and more confidence since his return from hip surgery.

T-d0t wrote:Toronto- where relief pitchers come to die

Boardbreaker wrote:

T-d0t wrote:Toronto- where relief pitchers come to die

at least grilli's been decent.

polo007 wrote:According to Shi Davidi of Rogers Sportsnet, the reward from Drew Storen’s time with the Blue Jays was that his presence allowed Aaron Sanchez to end up in the rotation, opened up left field for Michael Saunders and created a role for Ezequiel Carrera, who is out of options and may have been otherwise lost.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/blue-jays-benefits-storen-trade-didnt-come-mound/

TORONTO – The payoff from the acquisition of Drew Storen didn’t come from the right-hander’s work on the mound for the Toronto Blue Jays. There’s no way to sugar-coat it — that end of the deal worked out terribly, given the role he was expected to fill.

Rather, the reward from Storen’s time with the Blue Jays, which came to an end Sunday when he was designated for assignment, was that his presence allowed Aaron Sanchez to end up in the rotation, opened up left field for Michael Saunders (who was nearly traded for Jay Bruce, but that’s another matter) and created a role for Ezequiel Carrera, who is out of options and may have been otherwise lost.

Those are all by-products of the Jan. 8 trade that sent left-fielder Ben Revere to the Washington Nationals for Storen. The Blue Jays did the right thing by recognizing they couldn’t give him the innings he needed to get himself right. They needed Storen to be much better and could use his roster spot more effectively.

“Obviously accountable for that, that’s not the outcome you’re looking for, that’s not the outcome Drew Storen is looking for, either,” said general manager Ross Atkins. “If you look at the rest of the team and how that impacted some other guys, not that there are benefits to subtraction, but sometimes there are opportunities given to other guys because of the way a roster changes.”

Later, he added, “it got to the point where we had better alternatives, really.”

Those alternatives include set-up man Jason Grilli, whose late May pickup has been life raft for the Blue Jays bullpen, and fellow right-hander Bo Schultz, who’s earning more and more confidence since his return from hip surgery.

Raptor_Guy wrote:That's some serious sugar coating. They were always going to trade Revere, but it doesn't change the fact they traded him for a player who didn't perform.

LBJSeizedMyID wrote:What a turn of events. Trade at the time was a great move for the team which obviously didn't work out. Just a gut instinct but he never looked comfortable here. I'm sure he latches on somewhere and dominates again.

The_Hater wrote:

Raptor_Guy wrote:That's some serious sugar coating. They were always going to trade Revere, but it doesn't change the fact they traded him for a player who didn't perform.

If Revere could have been traded elsewhere for somebody better than Storan, you're absolutely right, but we can't assume they would have found another deal to the liking of both teams either. Or they could have entered the season with Revere with the plan to eventually trade him and that chain of events still wouldn't have happened exactly as they did.

LBJSeizedMyID wrote:What a turn of events. Trade at the time was a great move for the team which obviously didn't work out. Just a gut instinct but he never looked comfortable here. I'm sure he latches on somewhere and dominates again.

The_Hater wrote:

Boardbreaker wrote:

T-d0t wrote:Toronto- where relief pitchers come to die

at least grilli's been decent.

The statement is incorrect on most levels.

I know Storan has been bad but I don't see the point in replacing him with Tepera. If that's your replacement, might as well ride it out longer until the add a pitcher via trade or some other avenue.