The Easter Bunny told me that he saw Brian Roberts in a Starbucks not in Baltimore and he wasn't wearing his Orioles uniform. He's a very reliable source. I think this is a done deal
Who gets the better of the deal here is reliant on the health of both players. If they can both stay healthy and put up similar numbers, it's an even trade. However, both will probably be hurt and when healthy Rolen is a better fielder than Glaus.
So the Cards give up an offensively declining player who can at least still field the ball for a known steroid user whose offense will probably decline and was never a good fielder to begin with. Solid.
His win shares are pretty bad for someone who played 18 years. Rickey Henderson has literally about 100 points higher WARP3. *on a side note, just looking at WARP3 for the top 10 players in stolen bases, check out Vince Coleman: Rickey Henderson: 187.7 Lou Brock: 88.2 Billy Hamilton: 110.3 Ty Cobb: 205.4 Tim Raines: 123.9 Vince Coleman: 36.4 YUCK Eddie Collins: 181.7 Max Carey: 99.5 Arlie Latham: 62.7 Honus Wagner: 210.7 :shock: