DThe Pirates, today traded for former Phillie and Indian Jason Michaels. This move, as far as I can tell, solves two problems. One potentially, and one presently. Presently, the Pirates bench is much improved. Michaels offers some much-needed experience, as well as some pop that the Bucs did not have with Nyjer Morgan, who has been sent down.
I have a feeling that the Pirates also made this move in order to cover for the possible trade of Jason Bay and/or Xavier Nady. As well as Andrew McCutchen is hitting, the Pirates have to admit he probably will not be ready for a full-time gig in the majors this season at age 21. It's also safe to assume they will not keep McCutchen in AAA if he keeps up that OPS of 1.400. Even though they both bat right-handed, a platoon would still possibly be best for the youngster.
I don't think the Pirates will trade Bay or Nady within the next 2 months. I would be very suprised if anything went down before July. Most teams consider themselves still in contention (including our lovable losers), don't know what they need, or don't know what they have. Most of the time, teams are going to wait as long as possible in order to keep their options open. The Pirates, no doubt, are in a couple of the above boats and won't get their best available trade offer for Bay or Nady until July. Expect them to do better than the usual 2 relief "prospects", but don't expect a top 100 prospect either. Wait, they did fire Littlefield. Ok, maybe we can get lucky.
In other news, the Pirates organization has won another prestigious award. Awesome. Plus, I'm sure the press was free, which is always a huge selling point to the ownership.
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Who would they be getting in return IF they get traded?
I don't see that happening. I would love to see the management "let loose" and get a big name player. Think about it. If said player is acquired, everyone that is a Buccos fan would buy the damn jersey, ticket sales would increase. Gotta spend some to make some!
There's two sides to every jersey and the Pirates ownership cares much more for the front of the jersey than the back. In other words, they're concerned about the big picture (money, stability, etc.) and not so concerned about players.
They have no reason to be. They know full well no matter what their record is, they're going to still have people who want to come to their games.
In addition to that, getting a big-name player, such as Ken Griffey Jr. say, is not going to help them win. In the long run, they're going to make more money by being consistenly good rather than making a big splash at the deadline of a losing season.
Fair enough. The past couple of games they have played well...against some not so great teams. Each season I look at the team and see the same core players and think they have a chance. Then I look to see who they added and realize that that chance isn't looking good. They have showed promise, maybe, just maybe they can get to .500 and stay there.
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