Rasmus Is Ready, So Why Aren’t the Cards?
Cards prospect Colby Rasmus is only hitting .259 through spring, but his .556 slugging percentage, 2 doubles, 2 home runs, 9 walks, 3 stolen bases, and monstrous .444 OBP are a bit more encouraging. As the club’s top prospect, many baseball experts and fans alike expect him to make the jump to the Majors. The question is, “When?”
According to Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, if the Cards keep Rasmus in the Minors for even part of the 2008 season they would gain an extra season with him before free agency. A player has six years of free agency, and the clock starts when a player begins a season in the majors. The incentive for the Cards would be to keep Rasmus in the minors to start this season so that they could have him for a full season at the age of 27, which is widely regarded as one of a baseball player’s peak years.
MLB Prospect News on March 13th 2008 in 2008 Fantasy Draft Sleepers, CF, Cardinals Prospects, Colby Rasmus, MLBPN Top Prospects, OF
