Rasmus is the flavor of the day becasue he's young and under control, not because he a budding masher.
He's showing.265/.340 and 18-20 homer capability. OH...he does play center. I'll give him that. He's what we hoped Guti would be with the bat, kind of what he flashed two years ago.
I don't think he has Guti's range/glove (Don't know) but I think Seattle was looking at him as a corner OF.
The last time Rasmus hit .300 was in A ball (.301...he was just 19, however). His one stint at AAA produced a .251 average. He's a tantalizing precocious piece, but it would surprise me if he never (on a park adjusted basis) plays like he did last year.
The Cards sold high. I didn't think they would peddle him in the midst of a pennant run but they must consier him pretty dang replaceable in center.
Give me Span every day.
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Q. Who in the M's org is comparable to Zach Stewart? How good is Stewart?
A. Stewart is very well thought of around baseball -- #4 in Sickels' pre-season Toronto article, for example. Add to that, he'd be thought of higher if not for the dreaded Two Pitch Label. So Dr. D likes Stewart better than baseball does.
Still, take Baseball HQ for instance: they had Michael Pineda and Taijuan Walker wayyyyyy ahead of Stewart before this season.
Pineda, Walker, and Paxson just can't be discussed in the same conversation with Stewart; Blake Beavan is closer to Stewart from below him, than Walker is from above him. I think I read something like Beavan, Pineda, and Bob Stoddard were the only Mariners in 35 years to start off with three QS's...
But of course Beavan has zero upside in the eyes of baseball, so that's verboten to comp, also.
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Zach Stewart went out in the deal because he's ML-ready, period. That's Beavan. But who else do the Mariners have, with minor-star upside, who can play in the bigs right now? You're stuck with Carp. Just from a value standpoint.
Which is why we say, you deal pending-FA Bedard directly, instead of Edwin Jackson, or you deal Josh Lueke (net salary value vs. a Jays RP) and Mike Carp.
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I dunno Stewart that well, haven't watched vid and whatnot. G-Money can correct me if my quick take is wrong.
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Q. Are Tallet, Miller, Teahen, Patterson, or Walters important?
A. None mean anything to me, beyond RLP, in a 25-man roster paradigm. Seems clear they are there to provide 2-month stoplosses to teams who gave up good players.
Cancel the fractions for us, Matty. The Jays dealt most of their excellent bullpen and a real solid ML-ready SP for three-plus years of Colby Rasmus.
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