Damn You, Scott Rolen

[silverhill27]

I can believe a lot of things about JP. I can also believe a lot of things about the Toronto sports media, which rarely merits any sort of serious respect. Ricciardi is certainly the guy who authored the trade, and the return was certainly unimpressive, but it does bear all the fingerprints of a trade that was kind of forced and rushed as a result of internal pressure. I don't think we can lay that one on Ricciardi.

I don't think you can call it a bad trade just yet. Roenicke has been very impressive in Vegas and could be our closer some day. Zach Stewart just had a good June and is still one of our top prospects so the jury is still out on the Rolen trade IMO

[Randle McMurphy]

Yeah, I don't consider the return unimpressive at all. If Stewart develops as a starter, it will have been well worth it.

And more than anything, it served the team's purpose of getting rid of his contract for a lesser one (E5).

[The_Hater]

I know hes been injured a lot, but is he a hall of famer?

Unless he goes on a massive, peak like tear the next 4-5 years I just can't see it. Both his peak and his career numbers just don't stack up for a 3B and HOF voters have ignored defense in most cases.

Chipper Jones is in for sure though.

[tsherkin]

I don't think you can call it a bad trade just yet. Roenicke has been very impressive in Vegas and could be our closer some day. Zach Stewart just had a good June and is still one of our top prospects so the jury is still out on the Rolen trade IMO

Bad? No. We did get a prospect of some value, so it's not like we got totally zonked. Unimpressive so far, like I said? Yep.

Yeah, I don't consider the return unimpressive at all. If Stewart develops as a starter, it will have been well worth it.

And more than anything, it served the team's purpose of getting rid of his contract for a lesser one (E5).

This, I can agree with.

[The_Hater]

I liked the Rolan trade at the time because it was one of the first times JP ever sold high and bought low in a trade. So at least his thought process was right for once.