As a card-carrying member of #RasmusNation, I really want to believe that the Colby we've all witnessed for the past six weeks is the "real" Colby Rasmus, and not just another short-term hot streak. But, as always with Colby, it's tough to know for sure.
The narrative is certainly there to support his arrival as a star - he's finally comfortable, he's made obvious changes to his mechanics and approach, pitchers have yet to find an adjustment to slow him down, and so on. For a player with so many alleged issues in the past, it's certainly possible Colby has just "figured it out" or has "come into his own" or some other baseball cliché. Then again, it's also possible that it's just a hot-streak, and our choice of arbitrary endpoints is misleading us.
As Jays fans, we've lived through a very similar player in Alex Rios before, and his hot-and-cold act eventually got him a huge contract...and waived out of town. Now, Rios ...
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