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Board games, card games, parenting, blogs, forums, sports. All these things have their rules, written and occasionally obnoxiously, unwritten runs. We've all had moments where we've loved these rules and hated them, or broken them to our shame, or twisted them to our advantage. Baseball is one of those sports with plenty of rules and quirks. Much digital and real ink has been spilled over them, especially those pesky unwritten ones.

Farewell Hutch, and Hello Everyone Else: Breaking Down Sharp Kittens' Inaugural Deadline

If you don’t remember the week of ecstasy and jubilation that constituted trade season for Blue Jays fans last year, then you don’t need to be told to lower your expectations. If you do remember, then just remember that you can’t just keep adding superstars until you level up and start breathing fire. This year, what the team needed was some solid depth. I don’t mean the kind of depth you put in AAA and pray you’ll never need. I mean the kind of depth you rely on to prevent dumpster fires from breaking out when Josh Donaldson and Troy Tulowitzki both need an off-day at the same time. The front office, rather helpfully, saw this and dealt for some depth. And here’s what I think of it: