Blue Jays Mail Bag: An Awful Mike Trout Trade Proposal, and How Mat Latos Fits With Toronto

Mar 27, 2017, 14:42 EDT
The Blue Jays are getting down to their final roster cuts of the spring, as their Opening Day roster starts to really take shape. So naturally in this week’s mailbag—the third installment of my homage to Richard Griffin’s old jam at the Toronto Star—we’ve got questions about trading for Mike Trout (!), blowing up the roster at the July 31 trade deadline, plus an attempt at re-litigating the Justin Smoak contract.
Uh… and so much more!
And if you have a Blue Jays question you’d like me to tackle for next week, be sure to send it to stoeten@gmail.com. Now, on with the show…
Vlad Jr., Tellez, SRF [Sean Reid-Foley], Pillar, Gurriel, Alford
For
Mike Trout
Which team says no?
Space Ghost
I’m not sure either team says no, as whomever answered this call for the Angels front office would probably have missed the chance to say anything in the rush to get a change of pants after he or she pissed themselves laughing…
Breaking News
- Where the Blue Jays stand in the 2027 MLB Draft Lottery
- Blue Jays 2026 end of season Prospect Countdown: No. 17 Danny Thompson Jr.
- Blue Jays Minor League end of season review: New Hampshire’s hot start quickly went downhill
- Accepting or declining Myles Straw’s team option is one of many decisions the Blue Jays must make this off-season
- Spencer Miles enters unique off-season preparing to take another developmental leap in 2027
