Seeing the massive amounts of releases from the Jays system over the last few weeks in the wake of their new draft signings & deadline firesale acquisitions due to the newer 165 minor league prospect roster limit, one wonders if these new dynamics lesson the value of the low minors lottery prospect pickup so characteristic of low value trades for major league talent.

The proportional value of some flyer prospect midseason would seem lower if so many marginal low minor prospects must be purged post-draft in July simply to make room for new blood.

I know there has always been mass releases of low minors talent during the offseason (and to a lesser degree midseason post-draft in the very low minors pre-MLB acquisition and contraction of MiLB post-COVID to free up spots for new draftees).

But it would seem like new minor league roster caps, less minor league affiliates and faster prospect churn simply means there's less spots and time in any given system to sit on flyer lottery types overall.

Surprised that Sanchez seems to have outlasted Noah Syndergaard by a year, albeit in the minors and very unsuccessfully.

Syndergaard, selected 4 picks after Sanchez in 2010, finishes with 15 bWAR to Aaron's 8. Which is closer than I would have guessed.

I can't find any evidence that Syndergaard is pitching this year (or rehabbing), so I guess he is done as well.

Thinking back to the rumoured RA Dickey deal where AA chose to keep Sanchez over Syndergaard, the deal ended up mattering less than it originally appeared at the end due to Syndergaard's inability to stay on the field.

I recall so much anger that a seemingly irreparable Sanchez was dealt for essentially salary relief & Derek Fisher at the deadline in 2019 (I would've guessed it was several years earlier).

At least it's not debatable that both righties clearly outperformed their compatriot Deck McGuire chosen a good 20+ picks earlier.

On another note, the two veterans released certainly were candidates to be cut based on performance alone.

Looking at the Bisons' roster though, there doesn't appear to be an abundance of SP candidates.

Sanchez & Sulser were among the leaders in GS for Buffalo. Troy Watson with a handful of starts was traded to Detroit.

Chad Dallas is hurt. Andrew Bash is rehabbing in Dunedin. Trenton Wallace has 1 AAA start. Presumably room for Bloss is being made. Espino is still around, as is Kaprelian. Paxton Schultz has made a few recent spot starts.

I suppose it's simply roster crunches & machinations, but it does seem like a drop in SP depth for the rest of the year when the AAA rotation seems thin & the big club has a constantly empty 5th starter slot until Bloss is ready.