Regardless of which club I'm running - apart from, that is, if I should ever choose to sneak into the big end of town, which is highly doubtful - this save will be an endless tightrope walk between the wants and needs of today and the cans of tomorrow.
We're not at that stage yet with the Jays, but rather at the point where our rosters are all at or over capacity - the 26-man Active, the 40-man and the 44-man AAA.
So I am now trying to find the balance between keeping our clubs competitive while shipping off players whom I don't see being with us next year while they still have some value.
This is the sole motivation for these trades, with Ron Jirsa and the disappointing Dustin Delucchi off to greener pastures. We had Nelly Canna on our books last year but let him walk as a FA and now have him back on a MiLB deal. He can't hit a lick but can field like the Devil himself and will prove handy at Buffalo. Smith may see some time in the bigs if things fall his way.