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Instant Grade: Blue Jays Kevin Gausman Trade Return Lacks Serious Upside
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The Toronto Blue Jays got two role-player prospects for Kevin Gausman, a middling return considering the player moved in this deal.
Toronto sent its longtime rotation leader to the Chicago Cubs for infielder Ty Southisene and outfielder Brett Bateman, now ranked Nos.
The return earns a C-minus because both prospects depend heavily on contact and on-base ability without offering meaningful home-run power or truly elite baserunning and defense.
Bateman, 24, hit .312 with a .430 on-base percentage, 20 stolen bases and three home runs at Triple-A Iowa.
Southisene and Bateman immediately entered the middle of an improving farm system, but neither ranks very highly in the top tier.