Brett Tomko was the Cincinnati Reds’ first selection (second round, 54th pick overall) in the 1995 draft, out of Florida Southern College. A quick climb up the minor-league ladder landed him in the Reds rotation by late spring of 1997, where he fashioned an 11-7, 3.83 rookie season. After that auspicious debut, his situation deteriorated…
Chris Kahrl will have more to say about yesterday’s big trades, but I want to share with you a great point made by Rany Jazayerli in e-mail, about the Mets/Twins deal: Can you imagine how pissed off Matt Lawton is right now? He came up with the Twins in 1995, he’s suffered through six awful…