Well that didn’t take long … the Blue Jays have traded infielder Brad Emaus to the Colorado Rockies for minor-league pitcher Chris Malone.
Malone is a 27-year-old righthander who relies on ground ball outs. He was 3-5 with a 4.10 ERA and 1.39 WHIP in 44 games and 55 IP at AA Tulsa last year.
It is expected that Emaus will be assigned to AAA Colorado Springs.
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So the Mets paid $25,000 to find out what the Blue Jays already knew.
I guess so. But at least they got $25,000 back for him as well. That’s enough dough to pay for a half-day of Carlos Beltran’s services.
In all seriousness, I won’t be surprised if Emaus eventually makes it back to MLB as a second baseman and does OK. I think he was just a little overmatched a little too early in his career, and it appeared to me that he was playing tight / stressed. If he can relax a bit he should be able to handle the bigs.
Although the career he has in Coor’s would be far different in Citi.
As I said yesterday, he is a backup infielder who will probably hit about .260, hit a few home runs (especially if he plays in Denver) and you hope doesn’t cost you too many runs in the field.
I thought Coors was more normalized thanks to the humidor? Would it still turn Jay Payton into an All-Star?
In any case, time will tell what happens with Emaus. I think his offense could be considered above-average for a second baseman in the future. Ever since MLB started testing for PEDs, middle infielders are hitting like middle infielders again.
Joe the humidor helped but Coors is still a good hitters park. Coors played very similar to Yankee stadium last year from a homerun perspective, with lefty hitters receiving more benefit than righties. Baseballdope.com does a nice job with the park factors by year with lefty/righty splits.
http://www.baseballdope.com/downloads.html