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Originally Posted by QuikSand
Big Trade in Chesapeake
With our team’s sights set on the future, we have dealt safety David Plata to Toronto. We worked out a new deal with Plata first, ensuring that they get him on a substantially under-market contract, but boosting the cap hit that we absorb in the deal. However, the compensation for doing so seems very worthwhile:
TOR receives:
S David Plata
CHE 4th round pick in 2010
CHE receives:
1(11)
2(11)
TOR 1st round pick in 2010
Acquiring a second solid pick in this year’s draft will likely give us a chance to make an even larger investment in our franchise’s future right now – either by landing two solid contributors with those picks, or else by using that draft equity to move up and secure an impact player at the top of the draft.
If there was any real doubt about our commitment to the future, this deal certainly ought to dispel it. We suffer some cap penalty this year and next, but ought to come out of this with some exciting young players.
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Wow. Just, wow. I'd love to know what Toronto was thinking there. David Plata seems like a fine player, but two #1s and a #2 for a 13-year, good-but-not great safety and a 4th rounder?
Wow. Unless there's something I'm not seeing here, this was an extraordinarily bad trade by Toronto.