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Blue Jays' top trade candidate is a 22-year-old some fans might not even know originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
There are so many questions about what certain teams around the league are going to do at the Major League Baseball trade deadline, and perhaps at the top of that list will be the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Blue Jays have to feel like, when they're healthy, they can be an elite team. Because of all the injuries they've dealt with this year, it might not even make sense to go out and make moves at the deadline.
Perhaps the Blue Jays buy and sell a bit, but it would be rather questionable to move on from some of their better prospects just to marginally upgrade, so unless they're going out to make a move and think they have a chance to make the postseason, I don't see where some of this would make sense.
However, others don't know if that's the case, and it's fair to wonder what will happen. If the Blue Jays do decide to move on from guys, one player now being viewed as a potential trade candidate is youngster Gage Stanifer, a right-handed pitcher currently in Double-A New Hampshire.
“If the Blue Jays want to swing big at this Trade Deadline, they’ll have the prospects and financial muscle to make it happen. Stanifer, the Blue Jays' No. 5 prospect, is 22 and pitching well in Double-A, making him an attractive “near term” arm for rebuilding clubs.
“Think back to last year, when the Blue Jays dealt righty Khal Stephen to the Guardians for Shane Bieber and lefty Kendry Rojas to the Twins in the Louis Varland deal. The Blue Jays also have some higher-upside arms, like No. 3 prospect Johnny King, and this front office has shown a clear willingness to move top prospects for legitimate MLB pieces over and over again,” Keegan Matheson wrote.
Stanifer has really worked his way up in the minor leagues, once a 19th-round pick in the 2022 MLB Draft by the Blue Jays.
He's proven he has above-average stuff and can play at a high level, so teams should be interested. Toronto would probably have to package him in a deal to get someone they want, but I wouldn't view this as a bad idea if that's the direction the Blue Jays want to go in.
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