The Buffalo Toronto Blue Jays struck another deal on January 27th, adding left-handed pitcher Steven Matz from the New York Mets in exchange for young right-handed pitchers Sean Reid-Foley, Yennsy Diaz and Josh Winckowski. For the Mets, the trade was obvious. Matz struggled mightily in 2020, posting a 9.68 ERA (7.76 FIP) and allowing 14 home runs in his 30.2 innings. He’s owed $5.2M in his last year of arbitration, and that’s money Cohen and company would prefer to direct...

Earlier this week, John Bitzer broke down each of the major trades and free agent signings from the 2019 Winter Meetings. Today, we'll take a look at how teams did in the final event of the meetings - the Rule 5 Draft. We know our work here at BTV isn't an exact science, but the Rule 5 Draft is a completely different animal. We adjust Rule 5 eligible prospects down a notch to account for their inherit roster risk (since they need to remain on the MLB roster all season), but Rule 5...