3 players the Blue Jays will regret holding onto at the trade deadline

It's been a little over a week since the trade deadline, where the Toronto Blue Jays managed to sell off all of their rental players. The trade market proved to be more enticing for selling teams than what was even expected, and the Blue Jays were able to revamp their farm system, while keeping all of the core players.

This was an encouraging deadline for the Blue Jays in terms of getting the proper returns for this player, but is it possible they didn't cash in on as much as they could have? The Jays still had several trade candidates that did not get moved, and that doesn't even include the big names of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette. In the landscape of a very heavy sellers market, these are the three players the Jays may regret holding onto the most.

Chad Green

Chad Green has been the saving grace of this Blue Jays bullpen. With the removal of Yimi Garcia and Trevor Richards, Green is the only Blue Jays reliever to post an fWAR over 0.0. He's managed to be incredibly effective in his appearances, both as a closer and any other role the Jays put him in. He's certainly been an effective reliever this year, but the real question that comes into play is his contract. Green's club option was accepted in the off-season, so he will be paid $10.5M in 2025.

If the Jays are looking to contend again in 2025, they'll certainly need an improved bullpen. However at the salary he's being paid for next year, it's just as possible to reallocated that money into a couple of effective relievers, which the Jays will desperately need, as their bullpen ranks 30th in fWAR this season (-1.6). Judging by the market for relievers this trade deadline, Green could have gotten the Jays a better return, over what he could potentially offer.