The St. Louis Cardinals and the Toronto Blue Jays swapped third basemen today as Scott Rolen was traded for Troy Glaus. Rolen has been in the doghouse for a while now with Tony LaRussa so everyone knew that he was going to be dealt during the offseason.
For the trade to be agreed upon, Glaus had to exercise his player option for 2009 at 11.25 million, and both players were required to drop their no trade clauses in their contracts.
Troy Glaus has been injured lately, but when healthy he can put up some pretty good numbers. His name was mentioned in the Mitchell Report however, but I don’t think that will have any affect on his gameplay in 2008. Cardinal fans should all hope Glaus stays healthy and has a monster year in 08 whch I think he will.
The bottom line here, the Cardinals made a great trade today, and it will show in 2008!
