Trading Chase Lee to the Toronto Blue Jays was more about clearing a 40-man roster spot than anything. However, given how the 27-year-old sidewinder looked to be a potential piece of the Detroit Tigers' bullpen, and immediately hit the ground running when given an opportunity, one has to wonder if there's more than meets the eye with the return they received: 24-year-old lefty Johan Simon.
Detroit might have curiously deemed that Lee wasn't a part of their future, but perhaps Simon can be. Simon signed with the Blue Jays as a 19-year-old coming out of the Dominican Republic in October of 2020, adding to the uncertainty as the COVID-19 pandemic upended the scouting cycle.