Gotta trade money to have money. Or something.
It feels like just yesterday that the Oakland A’s and Toronto Blue Jays made a deal that felt like yet another gut punch to a long suffering fanbase. On November 28th,2014, the A’s sent their fan favorite and All-Star third baseman Josh Donaldson to the Toronto Blue Jays for a package of prospects plus Brett Lawrie. It was literally yesterday that A’s fans began to grieve the loss of yet another All-Star and fan favorite after the A’s traded Matt Olsen to the Braves for Christian Pache and a package of prospects. This morning, the A’s once again dealt a fan favorite, All-Star third baseman Matt Chapman to the Toronto Blue Jays for a package of prospects. It’s as if Oakland A’s fans are living in some sort of sick once a decade Groundhog’s Day-esque teardown that they cannot escape. At this point, A’s fans have probably gotten used to this constant churn of seeing their favorite players get dealt for players who in many cases do not develop into their favorite players. The Josh Donaldson deal did not net much of a return in the long run, but the A’s would play poorly enough for them to have top 10 draft picks over the next three seasons.
