David Price is a member of the Toronto Blue Jays.  The team acquired the strapping left-hander in...

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<p><a data-in-app-uri="thescore:///mlb/players/511" href="http://www.thescore.com/mlb/players/511">David Price</a> is a member of the <a data-in-app-uri="thescore:///mlb/teams/4" href="http://www.thescore.com/mlb/teams/4">Toronto Blue Jays</a>.</p><p>The team <a href="http://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/801700">acquired</a> the strapping left-hander in a blockbuster trade on Thursday with the <a data-in-app-uri="thescore:///mlb/teams/8" href="http://www.thescore.com/mlb/teams/8">Detroit Tigers</a> and his new teammates are pumped about the arrival of the former Cy Young award winner.</p><p><a data-in-app-uri="thescore:///mlb/players/1493" href="http://www.thescore.com/mlb/players/1493">Josh Donaldson</a>, who is having an MVP-caliber season was ecstatic about the addition of Price:</p><div class="the-score-article-ad-unit"></div><figure><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
<p lang="en" dir="ltr">It's gettin hot up in the six!!????</p>— Josh Donaldson (@BringerOfRain20) <a href="https://twitter.com/BringerOfRain20/status/626795169447346176">July 30, 2015</a>
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<script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></figure><p>While<a data-in-app-uri="thescore:///mlb/players/579" href="http://www.thescore.com/mlb/players/579"> Jose Bautista</a>, whose personality speaks for itself, jokingly welcomed his new teammate.</p><figure><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
<p lang="en" dir="ltr">All these people are excited about <a href="https://twitter.com/DAVIDprice14">@DAVIDprice14</a> and im just here like when does Astro get here???? ?????? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JustKidding?src=hash">#JustKidding</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LetsGoooo?src=hash">#LetsGoooo</a></p>— Jose Bautista (@JoeyBats19) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeyBats19/status/626838234711113728">July 30, 2015</a>
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<script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></figure><p>Leave it up to Twitter extraordinaire <a data-in-app-uri="thescore:///mlb/players/4101" href="http://www.thescore.com/mlb/players/4101">Marcus Stroman</a> to top his buddies with his reaction to the trade, which he learned about while attending class at Duke University.</p><figure><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pardon my rudeness for being on my phone Professor. We just picked up <a href="https://twitter.com/DAVIDprice14">@DAVIDprice14</a> and it's kind of a big deal. Lol <a href="https://twitter.com/DukeU">@DukeU</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BlueJays">@BlueJays</a></p>— Marcus Stroman (@MStrooo6) <a href="https://twitter.com/MStrooo6/status/626799613866049536">July 30, 2015</a>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Welcome to the 6. You better stay long-term too! Lol <a href="https://twitter.com/DAVIDprice14">@DAVIDprice14</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BlueJays">@BlueJays</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TORONTO?src=hash">#TORONTO</a></p>— Marcus Stroman (@MStrooo6) <a href="https://twitter.com/MStrooo6/status/626795344798588928">July 30, 2015</a>
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<script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></figure><p>Although he was excited for the arrival of Price, Stroman did have some farewell words for his friends and now former teammate <a data-in-app-uri="thescore:///mlb/players/4269" href="http://www.thescore.com/mlb/players/4269">Daniel Norris</a> - the main piece sent to the Tigers in the trade.</p><figure><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
<p lang="en" dir="ltr">My brother <a href="https://twitter.com/DanielNorris18">@DanielNorris18</a> is going to be a star in this league. I know it. Sad to see him go. Love you my man! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JKLivin?src=hash">#JKLivin</a></p>— Marcus Stroman (@MStrooo6) <a href="https://twitter.com/MStrooo6/status/626799916069818369">July 30, 2015</a>
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The Toronto Blue Jays pulled off their second blockbuster trade of the week Thursday, acquiring a...

<p>The Toronto Blue Jays pulled off their second blockbuster trade of the week Thursday, acquiring ace David Price from the Detroit Tigers for a trio of left-handed pitching prospects.</p><p>Top-rated Blue Jays prospect Daniel Norris is among the three players headed to Detroit, along with Matt Boyd and Jairo Labourt.</p><p><strong><a data-in-app-uri="thescore:///news/801700" href="http://www.thescore.com/news/801700">Blue Jays acquire David Price from Tigers in blockbuster trade</a></strong></p><div class="the-score-article-ad-unit"></div><h3>Blue Jays Reaction</h3><p>Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos said that he and Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski haggled over the third player in the deal for almost five hours before reaching an agreement at 3 a.m. Thursday morning. In the end, the Blue Jays finally landed their long-pursued ace.</p><p><strong><a data-in-app-uri="thescore:///news/801708" href="http://www.thescore.com/news/801708">Blue Jays GM on adding Price: We haven't had a true No. 1 since Halladay</a></strong></p><p>Blue Jays players took to Twitter to welcome Price to the organization, and hurler Marcus Stroman was scorned by a professor at Duke University for his reaction to the news during class.</p><p><a data-in-app-uri="thescore:///news/801709" href="http://www.thescore.com/news/801709"><strong>Bautista, Donaldson, Stroman react to Blue Jays' acquisition</strong></a></p><h3>Tigers reaction</h3><p>Tigers president and general manager Dave Dombrowski insists the club is not going into a full rebuild mode after dealing the ace, and is happy with his return in the deal.</p><p><a data-in-app-uri="thescore:///news/801712" href="http://www.thescore.com/news/801712"><strong>Tigers' Dombrowski on Price trade: 'We're rebooting, not rebuilding</strong></a></p><h3>Opinion</h3><p>The acquisition of Price followed Monday's six-player deal with the Colorado Rockies that landed the Blue Jays All-Star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, elevating Toronto's contender status in what's become a wide-open wild-card race in the American League.</p><p><strong><a data-in-app-uri="thescore:///news/801707" href="http://www.thescore.com/news/801707">3 reasons why David Price makes the Blue Jays a World Series contender</a></strong></p><h3>Speaking of odds</h3><p>Las Vegas reacted quickly to news that the Blue Jays had landed the coveted ace from Detroit, upping the club's chances of winning the World Series dramatically after news of the reported deal broke.</p><p><strong><a data-in-app-uri="thescore:///news/801916" href="http://www.thescore.com/news/801916">Blue Jays' World Series odds get big bump with Price, Tulowitzki</a></strong></p><h3>Rivals speak out</h3><p>Several Blue Jays players, including Jose Bautista and Josh Donaldson, have already weighed in on the trade, but perhaps no reaction was better than Price's former teammate Chris Archer.</p><p><a data-in-app-uri="thescore:///news/801905" href="http://www.thescore.com/news/801905"><strong>Rays' Archer says Blue Jays are 'all in' on postseason after Price trade</strong></a></p><h3>Further reading</h3><p><a href="http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/projecting-the-players-in-the-david-price-trade/">FanGraphs' Chris Mitchell</a> looks at the prospects the Tigers obtained in the deal, and whether their future impact balances out the loss of the club's top pitcher:</p><blockquote><p>The centerpiece of the players headed to Detroit is easily <a href="http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=13475&amp;position=P">Daniel Norris</a>, who was widely considered to be one of the top-20 prospects in baseball heading into the year. Norris enjoyed a meteoric rise through the Blue Jays farm system in 2014. After 13 dominant starts at High-A, the Blue Jays bumped him up to Double-A for eight starts, and then Triple-A for four starts, before giving him a taste of the big leagues last September. Norris pitched to a 2.53 ERA and 2.57 FIP in the minors in 2014.</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://grantland.com/the-triangle/2015-mlb-trade-deadline-david-price-toronto-blue-jays-detroit-tigers/">Ben Lindbergh of Grantland</a> says Anthopoulos landed the ace his team needed, but wonders at what cost?</p><blockquote><p>This is the sort of situation in which we wonder about <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_hazard">moral hazard</a>, the conflict between the short-term incentives of a GM who’d prefer to stay employed and the long-term incentives of his organization, which would prefer to play competitive baseball long after its current regime moves on. Anthopoulos, who took over Toronto’s GM job in October 2009, has expended enough currency — both in prospects and in loonies and toonies — without a playoff appearance that he’s probably one more October absence away from being an ex-GM.</p></blockquote><div> </div>

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