Comments on: Glaus for Rolen http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/12/glaus-for-rolen/ Baseball's Future in the Gateway City Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:30:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Tom http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/12/glaus-for-rolen/#comment-13647 Tom Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:40:13 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/12/glaus-for-rolen/#comment-13647 Sorry to easy as well. On mlbtraderumors they reported that the Cardinals asked Glaus to exercise his '09 option prior to the trade so that probably does away with that theory. Just speculating, but what if Rolen fails his physical? We're stuck with him for three more years and he becomes basically untradeable? Sorry to easy as well. On mlbtraderumors they reported that the Cardinals asked Glaus to exercise his ‘09 option prior to the trade so that probably does away with that theory. Just speculating, but what if Rolen fails his physical? We’re stuck with him for three more years and he becomes basically untradeable?

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By: easy http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/12/glaus-for-rolen/#comment-13635 easy Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:40:05 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/12/glaus-for-rolen/#comment-13635 Me too Tom, but then my apologies to Snim and Erik. Me too Tom, but then my apologies to Snim and Erik.

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By: Tom http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/12/glaus-for-rolen/#comment-13632 Tom Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:05:30 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/12/glaus-for-rolen/#comment-13632 ha. my mistake erik. Great minds? ha. my mistake erik. Great minds?

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By: carioicacardinal http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/12/glaus-for-rolen/#comment-13631 carioicacardinal Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:52:43 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/12/glaus-for-rolen/#comment-13631 Tom, I doubt Glauss waived his no trade clause to come to STL without insisting that he also have the no trade privalege once he got here. Tom, I doubt Glauss waived his no trade clause to come to STL without insisting that he also have the no trade privalege once he got here.

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By: erik http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/12/glaus-for-rolen/#comment-13622 erik Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:30:08 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/12/glaus-for-rolen/#comment-13622 er, and me tom... er, and me tom…

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By: Tom http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/12/glaus-for-rolen/#comment-13619 Tom Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:14:55 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/12/glaus-for-rolen/#comment-13619 Ah. and now I see that Snim had the same idea as I. Ah. and now I see that Snim had the same idea as I.

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By: Tom http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/12/glaus-for-rolen/#comment-13618 Tom Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:09:07 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/12/glaus-for-rolen/#comment-13618 Has anyone thought of the possibility of Glaus having a huge first half and then the Cards flipping HIM for prospects? It seems teams in contention are usually looking for a strong bat at the trading deadline rather than a good glove. And Glaus definitely has a better chance of showing up offensively than Rolen in my opinion. Has anyone thought of the possibility of Glaus having a huge first half and then the Cards flipping HIM for prospects? It seems teams in contention are usually looking for a strong bat at the trading deadline rather than a good glove. And Glaus definitely has a better chance of showing up offensively than Rolen in my opinion.

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By: the red baron http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/12/glaus-for-rolen/#comment-13617 the red baron Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:06:38 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/12/glaus-for-rolen/#comment-13617 fewgoodcards- Thanks for the tip on the cape site; I hadn't gotten over there before. It is now properly bookmarked. You know, I was looking at that little wrist wrap thing, and thought about commenting on it, but I couldn't tell how much of it was a real wrap, and how much of it could have been the camera angle, so I let it go. (I couldn't see it from the side view to get a better look.) If it's not an optical illusion, though, then I'm not real fond of it either, but it doesn't seem like a huge deal either way. Andrew Miller had a pretty pronounced wrist wrap when he came out of college, and his coaches have done quite a bit of work with him to tone it down, and he's made some nice progress. Of course, he still throws across his body as much as any pitcher I've ever seen, but he doesn't curl his wrist nearly as much. fewgoodcards-

Thanks for the tip on the cape site; I hadn’t gotten over there before. It is now properly bookmarked.

You know, I was looking at that little wrist wrap thing, and thought about commenting on it, but I couldn’t tell how much of it was a real wrap, and how much of it could have been the camera angle, so I let it go. (I couldn’t see it from the side view to get a better look.) If it’s not an optical illusion, though, then I’m not real fond of it either, but it doesn’t seem like a huge deal either way. Andrew Miller had a pretty pronounced wrist wrap when he came out of college, and his coaches have done quite a bit of work with him to tone it down, and he’s made some nice progress. Of course, he still throws across his body as much as any pitcher I’ve ever seen, but he doesn’t curl his wrist nearly as much.

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By: easy http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/12/glaus-for-rolen/#comment-13614 easy Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:20:01 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/12/glaus-for-rolen/#comment-13614 All trades come with risks. The biggest one here is that one guy's injury is worse than the other guy's. As someone on VEB pointed out we wouldn't want to wager on our doctors' opinions vs. anybody else's. Beyond that, though, it seems like a very good solution. Supposedly Glaus would really prefer to be on the left coast. If that's true we still might be able to get Laroche or someone similar iin a mid season trade just the way we might have if Rolen had played his way back into respectability. It also puts one position at rest for a while so that we can concentrate on beefing up others, shortstop for one and shortstop for another. All trades come with risks. The biggest one here is that one guy’s injury is worse than the other guy’s. As someone on VEB pointed out we wouldn’t want to wager on our doctors’ opinions vs. anybody else’s. Beyond that, though, it seems like a very good solution. Supposedly Glaus would really prefer to be on the left coast. If that’s true we still might be able to get Laroche or someone similar iin a mid season trade just the way we might have if Rolen had played his way back into respectability. It also puts one position at rest for a while so that we can concentrate on beefing up others, shortstop for one and shortstop for another.

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By: fewgoodcards http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/12/glaus-for-rolen/#comment-13612 fewgoodcards Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:00:10 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/12/glaus-for-rolen/#comment-13612 i don't like the little wrist curl thing he does at the back of his delivery, but besides for that and the slight recoil it does look pretty good. red baron, if you want to check out more videos of prospects head over to capeprospects.com. possible cardinal draft picks include christian friedrich and yonder alonso. also if you like pitchers check out ryan perry. he has some wild thing glasses on in the video, and like rick vaughn he has some electric stuff. i don’t like the little wrist curl thing he does at the back of his delivery, but besides for that and the slight recoil it does look pretty good.

red baron, if you want to check out more videos of prospects head over to capeprospects.com. possible cardinal draft picks include christian friedrich and yonder alonso. also if you like pitchers check out ryan perry. he has some wild thing glasses on in the video, and like rick vaughn he has some electric stuff.

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