It's all coming together with breathtaking speed. Earlier on Wednesday, Edwin Jackson was traded from the White Sox to the Blue Jays, and the rumor was that the Blue Jays would then flip Jackson to the Cardinals in a package for Colby Rasmus. Now we learn that a Colby Rasmus trade is all but done. From the usual sources, Heyman:
Colby Rasmus Trade To Blue Jays Being Finalized
rasmus for edwin jackson plus others has been agreed to. $ has to be OK’ed by commish.
And Olney:
The trade: Colby Rasmus, Trever Miller, Brian Tallet and P.J. Walters for Jackson, Marc Rzepczynski, Dotel and Corey Patterson.
So the only thing left before this is official is for the commissioner's office to rubber stamp it along. That will finalize what looks right now to be a deal heavily lopsided in Toronto's favor. The Cardinals will end up with a decent starter, two effective relievers and a versatile backup outfielder, but the Blue Jays will get the big prize in Rasmus, who is unthinkably talented and has simply had trouble getting along with Tony La Russa. Nobody knows if Rasmus will reach his potential in another organization, but it's the right chance to take. Just look at the success the Jays have had with Yunel Escobar, who was rushed out of Atlanta.
Word has it that the Jays will send Trever Miller to the White Sox once this deal is done. Maybe I’m burying the lede.
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