The Toronto Blue Jays are one of the better teams in baseball this year, but they’re also one of the more aggressive teams in baseball at the trade deadline.
Toronto has added Shane Bieber and Seranthony Dominguez in a few big trades ahead of the deadline, but there’s a chance the front office is looking to make an even bigger splash.
The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal recently suggested the Blue Jays were pursuing a potential blockbuster deal to acquire Athletics closer Mason Miller. For months, it seemed like Miller was completely untouchable, but that narrative has changed.
“The Jays were in on the Minnesota Twins’ Jhoan Duran and are also among the teams pursuing the Athletics’ Mason Miller, according to sources briefed on their discussions,” Rosenthal wrote. “The San Diego Padres are believed to be mounting the most aggressive pursuit of Miller. It’s unclear whether the Jays would part with the package necessary to land a closer who would come with four additional years of control.”
Trading for Miller would be a huge addition for the Blue Jays, whose biggest weakness is the bullpen. Miller would add a level of dominance to the backend of games that Toronto hasn’t seen this season.
But it seems unlikely the Blue Jays will be willing to part ways with the level of trade package it would take to land the superstar closer.
With Miller young, dominant, and under team control for a few more years, his asking price would be incredibly high. It recently took the Philadelphia Phillies two top-100 prospects to land Jhoan Durán. Miller’s asking price would be even higher than that.
It seems unlikely, but the Blue Jays have been so aggressive that the idea can’t be discredited at this point.
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