Blue Jays trade Robertson to Astros for prospect Batista

In the quiet machinery of professional baseball, the Toronto Blue Jays and Houston Astros exchanged two minor league pitchers on Tuesday — Nick Robertson heading to Houston, Edinson Batista coming to Toronto — a transaction that will go unnoticed by most fans but speaks to the patient, speculative work of building an organization from the ground up. Neither pitcher has yet made his mark at the major league level, and yet both represent a kind of institutional faith: the belief that the right environment, the right coaching, the right moment, can transform potential into something lasting. Thes