Cardinals Side: They acquire a multi position player (somewhere, Tony La Russa is jumping with joy) who has a lot of pop and can hit for average. DeRosa has remade himself into a legitimate super utility starter. He can help the Cards at 2B, 3B and the OF and La Russa will have a lot of fun moving him around to bring in some of his double switch favorites (Brian Barden, Skip Schumaker to CF, Joe Thurston). A great pick up for St. Louis.
Indians Side: Without knowing the PTBNL, we can only judge this with Chris Perez and Cleveland picked up a great young arm for the problem spot of their team. Perez should slot right in as the top setup man to Kerry Wood and overtake him maybe by next year. Perez is still somewhat raw, with a slider that can flatten out and some command issues, but the Indians bullpen is much better with him and recent acquiree Jose Veras then with some of the slop they have been running out there.
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9 years ago
I like it for both sides already, and assuming the PTBNL is something solid I'll really like it for Cleveland. I was a bit surprised the Cardinals were willing to give up a piece from their Major League squad, and kudos to Cleveland for getting that. DeRosa will help the Cards quite a bit though.
ReplyDeleteWho could this PTBNL be? Cleveland needs relievers and St. Louis guys tend to be valuable elsewhere (Gregerson, Worrell was great in spring before going down), could they really be getting another one?
ReplyDeleteWho knows, but I would guess they'd target a younger prospect--maybe a positional guy. Cleveland isn't going anywhere this year, so they should be targeting young players they can control for several years.
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