Comments on: Rolen looking to exit St. Louis

By: pops

pops — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:41:56 +0000

Chuck, I’m afraid you’re right. Unfortunately, no one else is going to be willing to pay for those 30 games.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:15:30 +0000

The Cardinals will miss the 30 games a year when he is healthy and plays well.

By: BT

BT — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:01:37 +0000

I would definantly package Reyes and Rolen for salary releif and an average pitcher who can give us some innings. I read a lot about the Twins, who have extra pitchers. Check out vivaelbirdos.com November 11th blog.

By: RumorMill

RumorMill — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:49:00 +0000

Pops, there’s a reason Bernie is a sports writer and not a GM. I think he automatically assumes that no one would want to take a risk on Rolen and from the rumors I’ve been reading that’s not accurate. It looks like the Yankees and Angels might be interested and I’d imagine there would be a couple more teams who would take him in a package deal. If we could get a mediocre pitcher for Rolen and Reyes would you pull the trigger? I think I probably would if we could free up the 12 mil a year we owe Scotty.

By: pops

pops — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:36:39 +0000

Check out the Bernie Miklasz column in today’s Post-Dispatch. Basically, we’re stuck with Rolen’s salary so, according to Bernie, we might as well gamble on getting something out of him since we won’t get anything for him.

By: RumorMill

RumorMill — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:04:24 +0000

BT, what do you base that on? Rolen “should have been” healthy lots of years that he wasn’t.

By: BT

BT — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 04:08:54 +0000

Rolen should be healthy this year, I would wait on him and hope he will produce then trade him before the trade deadline, you could potentially get more for him that way.

By: pops

pops — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:10:47 +0000

@RumorMill: point, set and match to you!

By: RumorMill

RumorMill — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:29:57 +0000

Pops, I think Ryan proved he can play last year don’t you? Obviously Tony doesn’t like young guys but he doesn’t like Rolen either so what’s the difference?

By: pops

pops — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:31:48 +0000

Rolen’s a gamble but, given the number of places where the Cards need to improve, I wouldn’t trade him until they have a proven player on board to take his place.