In the summer of 2015, the last season of Alex Anthopoulos in Toronto, the Blue Jays outbid all of baseball for teenager Vladimir Guerrero Jr., traded for…
And what should Dubas do to save his job, earn a new contract, to pump up his team, according to Anthopoulos who knows little about hockey or the Leafs but a lot about building winning teams? As general manager, he said, you should never be thinking about yourself at any time.Article content
In 2015, the Blue Jays had a team that was probably good enough to win the World Series. It was certainly good enough to get there, especially after David Price and Troy Tulowitzki were acquired and the red-hot Jays raced to the finish line in the American League. But that summer, they also allocated money and traded for international money to be able to sign Guerrero Jr. Had they taken that money, for example, and used it elsewhere, they might have been able to trade for Ben Zobrist or J.A.
Matthews Knies, the winger at University of Minnesota, is no Vladdy Guerrero. But he is the Leafs top prospect not currently playing for them. He’s not necessarily expected to be a star or a superstar in the NHL. He is expected to be a player when and if he eventually arrives. The Maple Leafs get asked about Knies all the time in potential trades.
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