Soooo close, but yet, so far away...
Well, it's official. Russ Adams was designated for assignment today, and as seen above in a picture that perfectly illustrates his Blue Jays career; you know, he's REALLY trying out there, but, it's just not quite enough... and Posada is in the way, too. Drafted in the first round of the 2002 MLB Entry Draft, Adams has turned out to be an incredible flame-out draft pick of everyone's favourite GM these days, JP Ricciardi. I can't say that I ever disliked Russ Adams, because as I mentioned above, I think he was always giving his all at shortstop. I mean, let's face it, he's no Chris Woodward, so he had a shot, right? Man, I really hated Chris Woodward. Anyway, Adams got a pretty wicked case of the 'yips' a few years ago, and was shuttled down to Triple A to hone is wares at second base. When even that didn't work out, he played last year in the OF, but just couldn't reach the offensive numbers that were expected of him as a first round draft pick.
Here's to hoping that he can catch on with another team, because as I said previously, I don't dislike the guy at all. Good luck, Rusty... you're going to need it.
That's hilarious! I didn't realize they'd finally gotten rid of Adams. I never liked Adams because I was bitter about Ricciardi dumping Felipe Lopez and Caesar Izturis to make room for Adams a few years ago. At the time, I thought it was misplaced confidence. Hmmm...
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