How Good is Colby Rasmus

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How Good is Colby Rasmus

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AOL; Post #1 » by SportsWorld » Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:38 am

How Good is Colby Rasmus

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Post #1 » by SportsWorld » Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:38 am

He has been tearing it up in AA.
27 home runs so far with a .279 batting average.
How good is going to be and what MLB players are they comparing him to?

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bigboy1234: Assistant Coach; Posts: 4,116; And1: 7; Joined: May 29, 2006; Post #2 » by bigboy1234 » Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:03 am

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Post #2 » by bigboy1234 » Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:03 am

I was on one of the Cardinal prospect websites I visit and I actually saw a decent comp for Colby that was Chris Young, but when Chris Young was in AA he was 11 months older. While Rasmus also strikes out a little bit less. Also, Young

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AOL; Post #3 » by SportsWorld » Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:32 am

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Post #3 » by SportsWorld » Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:32 am

I have a bad feeling I am going to hate this guy in a few years.

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treyZz: Banned User; Posts: 5,326; And1: 0; Joined: Feb 18, 2006; Post #4 » by treyZz » Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:56 am

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Post #4 » by treyZz » Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:56 am

I like the Chris Young comparsion.

I don't think he will be as good as Sizemore though.

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meatball sub: RealGM; Posts: 27,729; And1: 9,114; Joined: May 28, 2004; Location: in your mouth; Post #5 » by meatball sub » Sun Sep 2, 2007 7:22 pm

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Post #5 » by meatball sub » Sun Sep 2, 2007 7:22 pm

SportsWorld wrote:I have a bad feeling I am going to hate this guy in a few years.

He's no Felix Pie, don't worry.

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