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The Toronto Blue Jays clearly won this trade with the Houston Astros
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The Toronto Blue Jays had one of the biggest trades at the 2024 trade deadline with the Houston Astros for pitcher Yusei Kikuchi and enough time has now past to decide on the clear winner.
The former Blue Jays pitcher just signed his newest deal with the Los Angeles Angels for $63 million over 3 years which has been the biggest free agent signing on the winter so far.
That was exactly what ended up happening when Kikuchi signed a three-year, $63 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels. -Eng
The Blue Jays clearly won the trade with the Houston Astros for Yusei Kikuchi
Fans were surprised to see Kikuchi trade at this year's deadline since some believed that the Blue Jays would re-sign him at the end of the season but they ended up moving him to Houston for a big haul.
The Blue Jays traded Yusei Kikuchi for 3 top prospects in Will Wagner, Jake Bloss and Joey Loperfido while Houston was only able to get 10 starts out of Kikuchi between the deadline and the end of the season.
Not only did the Astros give up a ton for Kikuchi but he has now signed with their divisional rivals in the Angels in which they will be facing him quite a bit over the next few years.
So, in summary, the Jays now have three top prospects that could play significant roles for the team going forward in exchange for 10 total starts made by Kikuchi with the Astros. To make matters worse for Houston, Kikuchi has now gone to their despised division rivals, the Angels, and will be facing them for the next three years. -Eng
The Blue Jays are the clear winners in this trade as they walked away with Bloss who was the Astros #3 prospect while also adding both Loperfido and Wagner who seem to be major league ready.
No. 3 prospect in the organization, pitcher Jake Bloss, despite struggling a bit playing for the Jays' Triple-A affiliate Buffalo to finish off the year, posted a solid 3.18 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, with 88 strikeouts in 93 1/3 innings pitched over 21 starts in his 2024 minor league season. -Eng
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DECEMBRE 1 | 2398 ANSWERS The Toronto Blue Jays clearly won this trade with the Houston Astros Do you think the Blue Jays should have kept Yusei Kikuchi? | ||
| Yes | 1410 | 58.8 % |
| No | 988 | 41.2 % |
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