Colby Rasmus
He's probably untouchable, but just messing around with the idea......I think Eckstein is a FA(not sure if they resigned him).....
would Michael Young, etc. for Rasmus work??
not sure who we'd have to package.......
and just messing around, got bored and started toying around with some ideas......just not sure How much value Young holds, and if we were to trade with St Louis, they'll probably demand we take on Rolen eccspecially if we trade them Young........
Just post how much value you think Young Holds and what we could get for him......and What it would take to get Rasmus
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No-trade clause
by inactive lsb user on Dec 5, 2007 10:09 AM CST reply actions
Poor Michael Young
You would
Insanity.
by Ed Coffin on Dec 5, 2007 10:23 AM CST up reply actions
the wookie defense
Young
Or, yeah, 320 ABs and 1 HR.
Six of one, half a dozen of the other.
by hightowersmith on Dec 5, 2007 10:51 AM CST up reply actions
please, thats putting words into my mouth
the fact is his power has dropped from his peak at age 28-29. thats called a decline. no reasonable person would predict michael young to hit 24 homeruns next year, rather he does it or not.
michael young is one of my favorite players, i defend him all the time. but im not going to pretend he isnt in decline because i like him.
Declining Player
I think the chances of him having a better year next year are around 80%. It's always cyclical. Also, while he's not an elite defender, I don't think that he's near as bad as people portray him on here.
Is he overpaid? yes. However, look at what people are getting on the open market and it looks as if he's not that much overpaid. And, he's not getting paid for his HR power and it looks as if he's changed his approach to not look to hit HR's.
by badradiorules on Dec 5, 2007 11:45 AM CST up reply actions
bell curve
Look, ive got nothing against michael young. I like him a lot. He is one of my favorite players. I have a digital painting of him I spent a lot of time on signed by him thats about 3 feet from me right now. With the expected returns i dont even want the rangers to trade him, i dont care about hicks's money.
But the guys slugging is more than likely declined permanently, rather it spikes for a year here and there or not. Id love to be wrong.
I havnt said a thing about his defense, dont assume I believe every negative word about MY, I dont. I just think he, like most guys past 30, is on the decline.
Im not calling him a bad player, im not saying he should be moved to third (which ive argued against), im not saying anything like that. Im acknowledging that he has a bad contract and is probably on the decline as an overall player. I still think he will hit well above .300 and produce a lot of runs for a while. I just dont expect a return to a slugging % near 500 that he had in the normal peak years for a player.
MY
I guess I'm too optimistic about MY to like the term declining. I would say that he's plateaued (sp?) and like I said earlier, you'll see his numbers spike up and down the next five years or so, then start to decline.
I'm probably biased, but semi-objectively that's what I think will happen.
by badradiorules on Dec 5, 2007 2:02 PM CST up reply actions
i will agree
I agree witha lot of that
And he did post an .850+ ops after the break, so it's not like there's absolutely no hope for him to ever be good again.
by thedirkatron on Dec 5, 2007 12:04 PM CST up reply actions
Brandon Boggs
not even comparable
by Brandon Wilson on Dec 5, 2007 11:11 AM CST up reply actions
MYoung
by doolindalton on Dec 5, 2007 12:55 PM CST up reply actions
What about Ankiel
There was a thread that AJM said
Mike heres 5 mil to waive your no trade clause. Waive it.
The Orioles are asking for
That should say something about the market for declining SS.
exactly!
if we could get one
kinsler/duran/blalock i can deal with.
hell sign a stopgap at SS.
if we could get ONE top prospect id do it, but as stated before im sure it would have a HUGE impact on attendance.
by knockoutking24 on Dec 5, 2007 3:11 PM CST up reply actions
Rumors are that the Cards have interest
The Indians are clearly shopping Lee, but Millwood's name hasn't popped up a ton prior to this. "There are still some things we're talking about through trade that would help us out in the upper end of our rotation more than the back end," general manager John Mozeliak said.
Not that Millwood would bring back Rasmus, but their farm system has improved quite a bit over the past two years. More interested in Duncan than Ankiel, but, truthfully, neither one of those players gets me excited about trading Millwood.
maybe a package
Padilla and KC.
Yeah
by Brett Perryman on Dec 5, 2007 12:58 PM CST up reply actions
I would trade young for
true
mike young
the cards will not trade rasmus - their farm system is already god aweful, why make it worse?
by knockoutking24 on Dec 5, 2007 2:04 PM CST reply actions
well
If Rasmus is unavailable how about
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/P/Steve-Pearce-1.shtml
Teagarden for Pearce?
I wouldn't do that
by Brett Perryman on Dec 5, 2007 5:55 PM CST up reply actions

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