Well your initial point was that the team was old . So I named the players under 30 . Smoak is among them . You didn ' t distinguish quality young players . I would remove Carrera , Loup , and Goins from that list as well . I ' m not disrespecting Betts . He ' s very good . But he isn ' t Josh Donaldson good . I ' m not sure how he got robbed of the MVP by losing to the best player in baseball . Had Donaldson not dealt with his hip injury through September , then he would have been right there with Betts . Donaldson has been better for longer , though Betts will overtake him at some point . The thing is , the Jays suffered for 22 years . I ' m not sure that the front office or the fans are interested in pulling the plug this quickly . The Jays can get top prospects by trading Donaldson , you ' re right . Or they can make another push over the next two years , with him on board . Meanwhile , they can have smart drafts , in which they pick up players like TJ Zeuch , Bo Bichette , JB Woodman , and Cavan Biggio all in the same year . I suppose we won ' t see eyetoeye on which is better approach , though .