Jays Send Cash to St. Louis to Complete the Rasmus Trade

Wally West · Post #1 » by **Wally West** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:09 am

The Blue Jays have sent the Cardinals cash considerations rather than players to be named later to complete this summer's Colby Rasmus trade, reports MLB.com Gregor Chisholm (Twitter links). St. Louis was supposed to received three players to be named later in the deal.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/12/a ... um=twitter

flatjacket1 · Post #2 » by **flatjacket1** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:11 am

Very good news IMO. Its one of those little things that makes us a stronger club. I wonder how much $$ was involved?

torontoaces04 · Post #3 » by **torontoaces04** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:17 am

No mention of how much, but a good move to see nonetheless by the club. I'm sure it was a group of low-tier prospects, but still, any prospect kept over cash is a good move.

Post #4 » by **darth_federer** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:21 am

That cant be right. Its Rogers.

LBJSeizedMyID · Post #5 » by **LBJSeizedMyID** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:23 am

If Rasmus performed a lot better I'm sure you would've seen prospects involved.

Weems · Post #6 » by **Weems** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:23 am

Rogers spending money towards a WS winning team? dohohoh

torontoaces04 · Post #7 » by **torontoaces04** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:32 am

darth_federer wrote:That cant be right. Its Rogers.

They must be able to use it as a tax write-off or something.

Post #8 » by **LittleOzzy** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:37 am

Good news.

Randle McMurphy · Post #9 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:44 am

darth_federer wrote:That cant be right. Its Rogers.

It almost makes up for the decade of below-average spending in one of the biggest markets in baseball.

Myth111 · Post #10 » by **Myth111** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:48 am

Randle McMurphy wrote:
darth_federer wrote:That cant be right. Its Rogers.

It almost makes up for the decade of below-average spending in one of the biggest markets in baseball.

You can keep crying about this when you prove once and for all that the team is making a huge profit that Rogers is sitting on.

Myth111 · Post #11 » by **Myth111** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:07 am

The truth is I hate the whole world. I am more than willing to hate rogers too if anyone can prove they are sitting on a gold mine.

evilRyu · Post #12 » by **evilRyu** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:11 am

great move. This isn't going to be a popular statement, but we should give Rogers credit, as they could have easily said 'no' to AA for offering this option to the Cards.

SharoneWright · Post #13 » by **SharoneWright** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:46 am

LBJSeizedMyID wrote:If Rasmus performed a lot better I'm sure you would've seen prospects involved.

This component pre-arranged based on performance, you feel?

LBJSeizedMyID · Post #14 » by **LBJSeizedMyID** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:12 am

I'm sure it is or St. Louis is also deciding they're better off with cash.

Kurtz · Post #15 » by **Kurtz** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 4:37 am

Myth111 wrote:
Randle McMurphy wrote:
darth_federer wrote:That cant be right. Its Rogers.

It almost makes up for the decade of below-average spending in one of the biggest markets in baseball.

You can keep crying about this when you prove once and for all that the team is making a huge profit that Rogers is sitting on.

"All the while, Blue Jays franchise value under Rogers has more than tripled from the $120 million it purchased the team for back in Sept. 2000. "

In 11 years the franchise value went from $120 mil to over $360 mil.

I guess that's because they're NOT turning a large profit on the team.

ps: I believe when a PTBN/Cash is traded, the cash amounts to something like $50k, no?