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After down seasons last year, Toronto Blue Jays starters Marcus Stroman and Aaron Sanchez were viewed by many as question marks entering 2019.
But almost through the month of April, both pitchers are off to blistering starts. Stroman leads the American League with a miniscule 1.43 earned-run average and Sanchez isn’t far behind him at 2.32.
“But some of the other guys who might be options on the trade market, like Madison Bumgarner, haven’t looked good so far and so you figure that if in fact the Blue Jays take [Stroman and Sanchez] out into the market they’re going to do really well and you would assume that the focus for the Blue Jays is going to be on adding pitching.
Both pitchers are under club control through the 2020 season. With Stroman turning 28 on Wednesday and Sanchez set to turn 27 this summer, will Toronto instead try to negotiate contract extensions as opposed to trading them? “Look, we’ve seen all the extensions that teams have doled out this spring, but when you look at the timeline and the amount of service time that’s going to be required for guys like Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to settle in and some of their other prospects to settle in it makes a lot more sense for them to trade [Stroman]. That’s the expectation of other teams – that the Blue Jays will market Stroman and Aaron Sanchez this summer,” Olney said.
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