Scott Rolen Traded to Reds for Encarnacion, Roenicke & Stewart
Published by Toronto Mike on July 31, 2009 @ 16:54 in Toronto Blue Jays
The Jays have dealt third baseman Scott Rolen to the Cincinnati Reds for third baseman Edwin Encarnacion and minor league infielder Yonder Alonso pitchers Josh Roenicke and Zach Stewart.
Rolen is hitting .320 in 373 plate appearances with eight home runs and 43 runs batted in. He was also my second favourite active Jay, next to Roy Halladay.
Speaking of Halladay, he's still a Blue Jay. After talks with the Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers and New York Yankees, Ricciardi did the right thing and kept his ace in fold.
I know there are folks out there who are ticked Halladay is still here, assuming he's as good as gone when he becomes a free agent, but those folks have no soul.
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Buffaloboymike
July 31, 2009 / 17:30
I like the Rolen Trade, Im surprised they got as much as they did and it saves them a significant amount of payroll without really hurting them defensively or offensively for that matter. Rolen never did return to the power numbers he used to have, hes a great fielding third baseman with high average numbers in the batters box, other than that he was expendable with a salary around $11-13 mil. I liked Rolen too but for what he was producing probably not the guy we want there at that price.
Glad Halladay is staying and you never know, this team was a first place team until the end of May, if some cards fall right, they can compete in the AL East.