Mooney44Cards
Posts: 2,754
Jun 21, 2010 7:28pm
According to John Fay
http://cincinnati.com/blogs/reds/2010/06/21/blue-jays-cut-encarnacion/
What a shame. But its yet another trade where the Reds gave up a player who is no longer a major leaguer for one of their current starters.
Wily Mo Pena for Bronson Arroyo
Ryan Freel for Ramon Hernandez
Edwin Encarnacion (among others) for Scott Rolen
Hopefully EE gets his head on straight and can find his way to success with another team. He has loads of talent but just never saw it realized.
http://cincinnati.com/blogs/reds/2010/06/21/blue-jays-cut-encarnacion/
What a shame. But its yet another trade where the Reds gave up a player who is no longer a major leaguer for one of their current starters.
Wily Mo Pena for Bronson Arroyo
Ryan Freel for Ramon Hernandez
Edwin Encarnacion (among others) for Scott Rolen
Hopefully EE gets his head on straight and can find his way to success with another team. He has loads of talent but just never saw it realized.
jordo212000
Posts: 10,664
Jun 21, 2010 8:09pm
I heard they sent him down to AAA, but not that they released him. So now the trade from last year is basically Scott Rolen for Josh Reineke. Pretty good deal, right? The best part is that Edwin is no longer stinking up the joint in Cincinnati
Mooney44Cards
Posts: 2,754
Jun 21, 2010 8:17pm
Same thing really. He doesn't have any options so they have 10 days to either trade him or release him.
jordo212000
Posts: 10,664
Jun 21, 2010 8:50pm
ah so he was designated for assignment. I didn't read the article, nor did I know he was out of options. Although I should have probably known that. I thought they just flat out released him
Ironman92
Posts: 49,363
Jun 21, 2010 9:06pm
Edwin Encarnacion is just Willie Greene about 10 years later
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mhs95_06
Posts: 8,167
Jun 21, 2010 9:07pm
In both these cases the hard part to stomach for the Reds was the additional salary they took on. In both cases the quality of the player they got was way more than the player they gave up, but the player they got was older and overpriced. So they got rid of someone they wanted to, but had to pay dearly for it.Mooney44Cards;396542 wrote:According to John Fay
It's yet another trade where the Reds gave up a player who is no longer a major leaguer for one of their current starters:
Ryan Freel for Ramon Hernandez
Edwin Encarnacion (among others) for Scott Rolen
Mooney44Cards
Posts: 2,754
Jun 21, 2010 9:11pm
mhs95_06;396621 wrote:In both these cases the hard part to stomach for the Reds was the additional salary they took on. In both cases the quality of the player they got was way more than the player they gave up, but the player they got was older and overpriced. So they got rid of someone they wanted to, but had to pay dearly for it.
The Blue Jays paid the Reds cash to cover part of Rolen's salary and they restructured his contract only a few months later. I wouldn't call that "paying dearly", I'd call it "highway robbery", and the Jays were the victim.
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burt07
Posts: 600
Jun 21, 2010 9:12pm
I always thought of Encarnacion as the Jhonny Peralta of the Reds, I only hope the Tribe can hustle some team into some bad trade too.
darbypitcher22
Posts: 8,000
Jun 21, 2010 9:25pm
he was hitting like .200... he dropped some bombs for Toronto(the night he hit 3 in Arizona was something to watch, I'm probably the only person on here who did), but he just didn't play consistently well enough
Ironman92
Posts: 49,363
Jun 21, 2010 10:23pm
that is his game
he'll go 6/8 with 2 HR and 2 doubles then he'll go 2-28 with 13 K.....then make web gems 5 nights in a row then allow 3 balls to trickle through his legs.....all with a facial expression of not giving a crap
he'll go 6/8 with 2 HR and 2 doubles then he'll go 2-28 with 13 K.....then make web gems 5 nights in a row then allow 3 balls to trickle through his legs.....all with a facial expression of not giving a crap
jordo212000
Posts: 10,664
Jun 21, 2010 10:30pm
Mooney44Cards;396626 wrote:The Blue Jays paid the Reds cash to cover part of Rolen's salary and they restructured his contract only a few months later. I wouldn't call that "paying dearly", I'd call it "highway robbery", and the Jays were the victim.
Amen.
2010 season
Player A: .306, 15 HRs, 50 RBI
Player B: .301, 14 HRs, 45 RBI
Player A is Albert Pujols. Player B is Scott Rolen. I would say the Reds are happy take on that salary "hardship"
CinciX12
Posts: 2,874
Jun 21, 2010 11:48pm
I always liked EE. Granted obviously Rolen being there is just a liiiiiittle bit better.
Mooney44Cards
Posts: 2,754
Jun 22, 2010 12:30am
I loved him and hated him. He was like Jekyll and Hyde.
darbypitcher22
Posts: 8,000
Jun 22, 2010 5:05pm
he just never figured it out offensively.
And i'm not sure he will
And i'm not sure he will