As a Mets fan, I'm happy with the return.

Mets needed a future catcher in the worst way and the pitcher is supposed to be a high ceiling #2 type player.

It's a good haul for a 38 year old.

The Jays trade gets better reviews because people think they're in a better position to win than the Royals are, given the trade with Florida last month.

No question it's a great deal for the Mets. They weren't winning any time soon with Dickey. It's the perfect time for the Jays to make a move like this, though.

Not like the jays are gonna do anything, the fanbase here in toronto sucks.

Actually, the fanbase in Toronto is a sleeping giant. If they win (which they haven't done in 20 years), there's no reason to think it couldn't be like it was 20 years ago when they were setting attendance records and spending huge money.

The Blue Jays are spending a ton of money to finish in fourth place in the AL East.

I live here, I know how it is. We get attendance the home opener then every one hops off, no one is dedicated to this team because everyone is too focused on hockey.

Toronto is a horrible place to play pro sports

I live here, I know how it is. We get attendance the home opener then every one hops off, no one is dedicated to this team because everyone is too focused on hockey.

Toronto is a horrible place to play pro sports

Toronto is absolutely without question the most talented team in that division.

The Jays will likely be the prohibitive favorite to win the American League East this season.

Best pitching staff. Best offense.

On paper without a doubt.

That's nice. I suspect I lived there longer than you have and have a better idea of the sleeping giant that is the Blue Jays fanbase than you (they get better television numbers than any organization in baseball despite not having a playoff team in 20 years).

I agree. On paper, they're the best team now in the division. I probably wouldn't have said that before this deal (still NYY perhaps), but this pushes them over the top. I've been asking for these kind of moves and this kind of effort to win for over a decade now and it's finally happening.

Also Anthopoulos said this at the conference call tonight...sounds like it's his plan to extend him as I figured.

Mike Cormack @MikeCormack
#bluejays GM Anthopoulos: "Hopefully a guy like Josh Johnson can be part of (a multi-year run) that too going forward."

Dickey just had his career year. He will never reproduce the year he had in 2012.

Yankees are still better, but Toronto should win between 84-89 games if they stay healthy.