Just when I thought Cardinals fans would forever be forsaken .... The Cardinals have decided to release So Taguchi, ending the outfielder's six-year tenure as a member of the St. Louis organization. Taguchi was let go in order to clear space on the 40-man roster, which had been at full capacity. By opening up a spot, the Cardinals are now able to make a selection in the Rule 5 Draft on Thursday morning at baseball's annual Winter Meetings. And with that pick in the Rule 5 draft we selected Brian Barton . Here is Get Up, Baby's take on Barton: As a late-blooming, fast outfielder with not-insignificant power and a good on-base percentage, Barton reminds me the most of Matt Lawton, with the optimistic projection being some kind of right-handed poor-man’s Ray Lankford. Ah, the Ray Lankford stamp of approval–that lets you know that I am optimistic about Brian Barton. The main concern, besides his gimp knee, is that that on-base percentage isn’t all it’s cracked up to be–take a l...
Baseball, Hockey, Soccer, College Basketball & Football, and a little Cricket.