That’s the objective, which is sometimes lost when trades are made in professional sports and people get carried away with clever calculations of salary cap space, draft picks, prospects and potential.
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So now that the St. Louis Cardinals are in the World Series, it’s probably worth taking a aOlernKienOP air jordan 2010 white black red Sugar for Running second look at the giant three air jordan 9 14 countdown package team transaction swung by aOlernKienOP air jordan 3 iii retro white cement grey fire red 6 Power Foods to Put Your air jordan xx3 motorsport black royal Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos that brought multi talented youngster Colby Rasmus to the shores of Lake Ontario.
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That’s why the Cards did the Rasmus deal. air jordan spizike stealth black Sure, they were sick of his act and of his father’s, but unlike the Jays they were also trying to get somewhere this season.
On Aug. 25, sitting 10 games behind the Atlanta Braves for the wild card, it looked like that wasn’t going to happen. But then came a massive September run combined with the collapse of the Braves, and the Cardinals not only won the aOlernKienOP Air Jordan 8s There’s no time to relax for Monrovia wild card but then beat the Phillies and the Brewers to get air jordan 3 retro wolf grey to the World Series.
In the clincher against Milwaukee, it was Rzepczynski, with 2 1/3 terrific innings in the midst of a wild slugfest, who was credited with the victory, his first in a St. Louis uniform. Dotel pitched that game, part of a wildly successful Cards bullpen that earned more outs against the Brewers than did the team’s starting staff, and Jackson started.
You can’t say the ex Jays have powered the St. Louis drive. But they’ve been a part of it, perhaps a aOlernKienOP air jordan 4 retro military blue white techmom on HubPages big part, and with John Jay easily filling Rasmus’ shoes in centre field and enjoying a very good post season, getting this far means Cards GM John Mozeliak won’t be regretting the Rasmus trade any time soon.
In some ways, it’s like the 1988 NHL trade between Calgary and St. Louis in which the Flames sent future all star Brett Hull packing air jordan 3 true blue 2001 along with winger air jordan 4 green glow dark grey green glow cement grey black Steve Bozek for defenceman Rob Ramage and backup goalie Rick Wamsley.
Hull went on to become a superstar, and many call this one of the worst hockey trades ever made. But the Flames, with Ramage and Wamsley part of it, won the Stanley Cup the following season. Their air jordan 5 retro dmp raging bull contributions have been minimized by many, but they were there, and most who played with them would tell you they were part of good team chemistry wherever they played.
So maybe, Rasmus becomes a baseball version of Hull, although his half season in Toronto drew mixed reviews.
But even if he becomes a star, will the Cardinals go on to regret this deal if they win the World Series? Or even if they don’t? It seems clear something clicked with that ballclub after Rasmus left that wasn’t clicking before, and whether that was about a player who was a distraction or a team that had roles that needed filling, the results are there for everyone to see.
Rzepczynski, on his own, represents significant value and the Jays don’t have a player on the roster capable of replacing his left arm. He’s 26 and not a free air jordan 14 retro black red agent until aOlernKienOP air jordan xx3 black red stealth Countdown of the Top 25 Runway Shows for S 2016, which means he’s under St. Louis control for a while and still could be converted to a starter.
Dotel is tough on righties. Jackson wasn’t very good in the LCS, but don’t forget the Jays paid the White Sox the hefty price of reliever Jason Frasor and starting pitching prospect Zach Stewart to get Jackson just so he could be included in the 11 player air jordan 5 retro tropical teal 2013 swap with St. Louis.
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