If you listen closely before you turn on your computer, you can actually hear the cyberscreams of anguish from Blue Jay supporters. You don’t even need an internet hookup to know that just about nobody thinks this is a good deal.
Taken at face value, the dissenters are absolutely correct. If the names we’re hearing are legit, then this is a ridiculous trade. The Blue Jays will send Travis d’Arnaud, Noah Syndergaard, John Buck and a secondary prospect to New York for R.A. Dickey, catcher Josh Thole and a secondary prospect, contingent upon the Jays and Dickey working out a contract extension by Tuesday at 2 p.m.
