Colby Rusmus deal? (new speculation)

[Relentless88]

He'd be too expensive and so I'd probably pass for now.

[Hoopstarr]

Yea seriously, Morrow is awesome and will only get better. #1 in K/9 last year with 10.95. Read that again. He put up one of the top 5 pitching performances in the last 100 years. He also had a crazy unlucky BABIP out of line with his career. He's gonna put up a sub-4.00 ERA and 200+ Ks. That is invaluable in the AL East. We'll have plenty of opportunities to develop an OF like Rasmus but not as much to develop guys like Morrow.

[Jatt]

If you take our rotation and trade away one of Romero/Morrow/Cecil, the starting five goes from 'young and promising' to 'thin and questionable' real quick.

[Chevy Chase]

If you take our rotation and trade away one of Romero/Morrow/Cecil, the starting five goes from 'young and promising' to 'thin and questionable' real quick.

Agree!! I'd much prefer Snider + Drabek

[Relentless88]

If you take our rotation and trade away one of Romero/Morrow/Cecil, the starting five goes from 'young and promising' to 'thin and questionable' real quick.

Agree!! I'd much prefer Snider + Drabek

I wouldn't even do that. That seems like a lot to give up right now. Yeah Rasmus could be a superstar, but we still don't know yet. Snider is a pretty good player himself. Then you add in Drabek...

[hyper316]

i'm okay with drabek being traded, his stock is pretty high right now. and i dont really see how we can flip snider for much value right now, being slightly hurt from offseason. so give me rasmus

chris carpenter got a minor injury, looks like st louis might not be able to trade him away. hopefully this means st louis gets desperate

edit:

what if st louis packages carpenter and rasmus to toronto. st louis dumps carpenter's salary to re-sign pujols. i dunno who to add from toronto's end aside from drabek and snider. would be nice to bring carpenter back and have a vet in the starting lineup to mentor the kids

[DonYon]

what if st louis packages carpenter and rasmus to toronto. st louis dumps carpenter's salary to re-sign pujols. i dunno who to add from toronto's end aside from drabek and snider. would be nice to bring carpenter back and have a vet in the starting lineup to mentor the kids

trading carpenter would hardly be a traditional salary dump move. He's still arguably a top 10-15 starter in baseball, which means he's actually holds a ton of value to a contending team. They're not just giving him away that's for sure. If we are getting both back we'd probably have to give up 2-3 of our best prospects plus morrow/cecil/romero.