,Well it finally happened. The Cardinals traded Colby Rasmus, P.J Walters, Brian Tallet and Trever Miller to the Toronto Bluejays for Edwin Jackson, Corey Patterson, Octavio Dotel and Marc Rzecpzynski. Wednesday the Whitesox sent Edwin Jackson and Mark Teahen to the Jays for Jason Frasor and Zach Stewart. The deal needs to be approved through MLB. Looks like the Cards would also get cash in the deal. My outlook: To me this is a deal to get rid of Rasmus. Larussa wanted him out and so did Colby's dad Tony Rasmus. The trade itself is unbalanced. When you trade a 24 year old outfielder like Colby you should get another young player in return and a proven player. I like Jackson but he has some control issues. Dotel is an old pitcher that can strike out one per inning. Corey Patterson is a filler in the outfield. The one gem the Cards did receive is Marc Rzepczinski, a hard throwing lefty that the Cards would have control of for 2-3 years. Marc's arsenal include fastball, curveball, slider, and a change up. I am very happy we landed Marc. He is 25yrs old and very dominate against left handed hitters. Sorry to see Colby go, he will do well with the Bluejays. Their field is very home run friendly.
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