The Blue Jays have traded third baseman Scott Rolen to the Reds, SI.com has learned.
Cincinnati dealt away 3B Edwin Encarnacion, RHP Josh Roenicke and minor league right-hander Zach Stewart.
Rolen agreed to waive his no-trade clause.
Rolen is batting .320 with eight homers and 43 RBIs. The Blue Jays included cash to pay part of Rolen's salary. Rolen has one more year left on an eight-year, $90 million deal he signed with the Cardinals. The 34-year-old Rolen is a five-time All-Star. He was the 1997 NL Rookie of the Year with Philadelphia and helped St. Louis win the 2006 World Series.
The 26-year-old Encarnacion led the Reds in errors last season with 23, and missed two months of this season with a chipped bone in his left wrist. He is batting .209 with five homers and 16 RBIs.
Roenicke didn't have a record in 11 appearances with the Reds. He had a 2.70 ERA in two stints with Cincinnati this season. Stewart was promoted to Triple-A Louisville during this season and had two saves in nine appearances.
In a separate deal, Cincinnati sent utilityman Jerry Hairston to the Yankees.
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J. P. Ricciardi is useless.
Blackinson
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Its now official. The Bluejays Season is now over.
Eric D. Deyo
Overland Park, KS
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You thought it wasn't prior to this??
Crabshack
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J.P. Ballard?
ballnuts
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Traded him for some left over Eric Davis jerseys.
The Sports Simpleton
Willingboro , NJ
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Can the Jays throw in Vernon Wells for no cost?
nedkelly
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What would the Jays be getting back?
modsuperstar
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I hope they at least get a signed Pete Rose water bottle out of it!
K.Backhand
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WTF? Probably getting Edwin Encarnacion and some low-end prospect.
billykyjoe
Saskatoon, SK
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You don't even know what the trade was for.
dware_94
Toronto, ON
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Maybe they'll get Pete Rose himself. Isn't he being reinstated?
cougar22222
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I certainly hope we got rid of Edwin Encarnacion. Have fun with that, Toronto.
CincyBoiler
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I'm not too excited about the prospect of Edwin. He is a bum.
billykyjoe
Saskatoon, SK
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I don't need to. I am not basing my judgment of him on this one trade. I am basing it on years of ineptitude as well as this whole Roy Halladay fiasco.
Blackinson
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2 coupons for dinner at Golden Coral and a used Homer Simpson t-shirt. Dooh!
Daniel9752
Smithfield, NC
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Well apparently the Jays are also getting top Reds prospect Yonder Alonso, a power-hitting 1B and 2008 first-round draft pick. This trade is officially awful for the Reds.
CincyBoiler
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Fair enough, I'm not exactly a fan of JP. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt here though. If we could get some decent prospects for aging player set to make $12 million next year I'm ok with that.
dware_94
Toronto, ON
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Please include Edwin "E-5" Encarnacion in the trade! And J.P. though Adam Dunn was useless.
T2
Hamilton , OH
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Yeah, those who are bashing the Jays are barking up the wrong tree. HUGE win for them. How you trade Alonso, I have no idea. An absolute steal.
Cindaddy
Morrow , OH
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Not sure if that's true by the way; I only heard it in one place. Just a rumor.
CincyBoiler
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