A Giant Day - Jonah Keri on the Rasmus trade
Solid article at grantland about the Mets deal and the Rasmus deal. "Remember that this is the same guy who got an All-Star-quality shortstop cheap and signed him cheaper. He dumped $81 million of washed-up Vernon Wells, then signed the best hitter on the planet for one more year at $16 million less. Anthopoulos signed a bunch of random relievers for nothing, then parlayed them into one of the most desirable commodities on the trade market. We might have to rewrite the story of the Toronto Blue Jays. Chapter 1 will tell the tale of the GM who scares the bejeezus out of every other team in baseball." Consider your hope....Assassinated