Rasmus to be benched for the remainder of the year.

[BigBounceyBlueBalls]

Poor misunderstood Colby! Despaired by AA and the jays he retires and becomes the newest member of the Duck Dynasty cast! Lol

[JaysFan4Ever]

Poor misunderstood Colby! Despaired by AA and the jays he retires and becomes the newest member of the Duck Dynasty cast! Lol

 

lol! OK that was pretty funny!

[jays4life19]

 

doesn't he have a preg wife? And we did bench him for the rest of the year. I wouldn't have said it....but i would feel the same with a 6% at playoffs riding the bench with a preg wife on a team that doesn't want me.

[GNick49]

Poor misunderstood Colby! Despaired by AA and the jays he retires and becomes the newest member of the Duck Dynasty cast! Lol

 

That guy is a cancer

[jays4life19]

That guy is a cancer

 

Just like Joey Bats doesn't have much trade value, right?

[TheHurl]

if they advertised it as Campbell will be hammered, then some people may have actually went. I've heard he's an entertaining drunk

[SAAviour]

I fnd this hard to believe but if true then Colby Rasmus is a serious waste. Wasted talent already and doesn't realize how good he has it. His only excuse is if his wife is due immenintly, even then part of playing mlb and making millions is making family sacrifices, suck it up and take 3 days off for paternity leave then spend the offseason with family, then move your family to whatever team is dumb enough to sign him.

[Inklink]

If true, sit your ass down Colby and come in to hit PH homeruns when you're told to. Fkin 15 million dollar talent, $2.99 brain.

[burlingtonbandit]

PitchTalks looks like a pretty fun event. The last one had Shi, Stoeten and Jeremy Taggert. Lol Sid Sixeiro too.

[baseballsss]

If true, sit your ass down Colby and come in to hit PH homeruns when you're told to. Fkin 15 million dollar talent, $2.99 brain.

 

yah cause he hasn't been doing that already...

[baseballsss]

who gives a s*** that he said that, the guys been doing exactly what was asked of him. He hasn't walked out on the team.

[comeon sense]

To hear this from Rasmus` mouth now ,really really sucks.

We are in a race,and for him to say this now,and after how well he has been doing as a PH,is mystifying.

Can these guys not just shut their mouth to the media.

If he meant to say he misses his wife,and wished he could be there for the birth,then that would have been much better to say.

 

Hope he still does a good job PH-ing for us.

[GNick49]

Just like Joey Bats doesn't have much trade value, right?

 

Makes you think you wouldn't get something for Bautista? Some people just don't have 2 clues!

[GNick49]

who gives a s*** that he said that, the guys been doing exactly what was asked of him. He hasn't walked out on the team.

 

Rasmus is a cancer. Jays played best they have in 15 years back in May when he was on the DL. Now 9-2 since he was benched. Cardinals after they traded him when immediately from .500 team to World Series. Happening 3 times can't be a fluke

[G-Snarls]

Seeya Colby. Adios.

[G-Snarls]

FFS though, something must have happened that we don't know about.

[glory]

Colby's 2013 was not sustainable. High BABIP and terrible walk rate/high K's. He is Vernon Wells without the big peak year. He might have another 4 WAR season in him, but it sure as hell won't be the norm. Let someone else sign him long term.

[saskjayfan]

This is all hearsay and Rasmus has a right to be pissed. He shouldn't vocalize that frustration though. He's in a contract year. Has he been wonderful? No. Has he been JPA god awful? Absolutely not. He has 3 hit in his last 6 plate appearances off the bench with 2 being home runs. The decision for him not to play is coming from AA. The Jays have inched back closer to being in this thing and Rasmus is seeing lessor players starting ahead of him.

[baseballsss]

Rasmus is a cancer. Jays played best they have in 15 years back in May when he was on the DL. Now 9-2 since he was benched. Cardinals after they traded him when immediately from .500 team to World Series. Happening 3 times can't be a fluke

 

Bitch please.

[Jimcanuck]

If there was any truth to this we'd be hearing a lot more about it

 

Calling BS

[labadee]

http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/story/?id=461951

 

21 min interview with colby

[Frenchsoup]

http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/story/?id=461951

 

21 min interview with colby

 

"These pitchers pitched me into the shift pretty well. I believe I had my highest percentage of hard balls or line drives since I've been in the big leagues but the lowest average on balls in play.

 

Not true at all about the babip and your also striking out a career high 33% of the time Colby, therefore making less contact....use your brain a bit.

[GNick49]

http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/story/?id=461951

 

21 min interview with colby

Blames it on firing Mottola.

[G-Snarls]

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Rasmus' defense fell off a cliff this year too. WTF happened to the guy?

[Statman]

"These pitchers pitched me into the shift pretty well. I believe I had my highest percentage of hard balls or line drives since I've been in the big leagues but the lowest average on balls in play.

 

Not true at all about the babip and your also striking out a career high 33% of the time Colby, therefore making less contact....use your brain a bit.

 

This is what happens Colby when you are a high strikeout, dead pull hitter. The whole purpose of the shift is to take away hard hit balls to the pull side. So it's not the fact that you are unlucky, you are just not very good.

[G-Snarls]

Rasmus' defense fell off a cliff this year too. WTF happened to the guy?

 

Best guess:

 

Mentally fragile, doesn't adapt well to changes in coaching staff, distracted/nervous/second guessing all the time.

[G-Snarls]

Colby is obviously gone this year

 

On a negative note, the Gose/Pillar platoon is not looking so good this past month - neither have convinced me they'll be able to provide even remotely acceptable plate performance even in a strict L/R platoon.

 

1. We HAVE to retain Melky

 

2. We may need to acquire a better 4th OF who bats right

[Statman]

Rasmus' defense fell off a cliff this year too. WTF happened to the guy?

 

Tony LaRusa, John Farrell, living in a big city, firing Motolla, playing on turf. It's not his fault.

[NorthOf49]

Moral victories!