Josh Donaldson may be spending his final moments with the Toronto Blue Jays, but the 2015 AL MVP isn't holding back his thoughts from the front office, as he braces himself for a bitter divorce with the team.
Speaking with reporters, Donaldson seemingly threw shade at team president Mark Shapiro and GM Ross Atkins, as the frustrated All-Star waits to see where he'll play following Friday's deadline. Asked by reporters about the rumored tension with the front office, Donaldson wouldn't exactly deny it.
"There’s a lot I can say about that, but I choose not to say anything about it right now," Donaldson said, via Rob Longley of Postmedia. "I don’t feel now is the time or the place...When it comes down to it, there’s going to be a time that we can talk about it."
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It's been a complicated week for Donaldson, who had been sidelined since May 28th with a calf injury. He returned to action on Tuesday for Single-A Dunedin in a rehab assignment. Donaldson's calf was still sore on Wednesday, and he was supposed to sit out. That game got rained out, and he returned to action on Thursday.
Now? Donaldson waits to see if the Blue Jays can work out a trade for him before Friday evening's deadline. He's still trying to get healthy and is a free agent this winter, so a Donaldson trade is easier said than done.
Donaldson informed the Blue Jays last year that he'd like to finish his career in Toronto, but he told reporters before the 2018 season that they weren't in the "same ball park" during contract talks.
He's lost almost all of the 2018 season thus far with a calf injury. The Blue Jays have made it clear they don't plan on keeping him long-term. They're going to try and work a trade for him, and that would only contribute to an ugly and bitter departure.
2018 has been a miserable season for the Blue Jays, and now they may bid farewell to their best player. You know, kind of how they let Edwin Encarnacion go after the 2016 season. And Jose Bautista after the 2017 campaign.
Two years ago, these three sluggers got the Blue Jays to the ALCS for a second consecutive year. Now, it looks like Donaldson is going to leave soon enough, leaving Toronto without its top three players from the 2015 and 2016 seasons.