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Pirates seek trade for Oswalt
« on: June 30, 2009, 03:46:34 pm »
Why else would they have acquired Lastings Milledge?

In sum after a day of booty dealing:

Nyjer Morgan to the Nats.
Eric Hinske to the Yankees.

Milledge, Joel Hanrahan, Casey Erickson, and Eric Fryer to the Pirates.
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Re: Pirates seek trade for Oswalt
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2009, 03:48:59 pm »
Quote from: Bench on June 30, 2009, 03:46:34 pm
Why else would they have acquired Lastings Milledge?

In sum after a day of booty dealing:

Nyjer Morgan to the Nats.
Eric Hinske to the Yankees.

Milledge, Joel Hanrahan, Casey Erickson, and Eric Fryer to the Pirates.

I guess the key to that deal is the news for the Yankees that they probably lost Xavier Nady for the year to Tommy John surgery.  That the Pirates basically kept Hinske employed to use him in just this way is why the Yanks came calling. 
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Re: Pirates seek trade for Oswalt
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2009, 03:49:36 pm »
Quote from: Bench on June 30, 2009, 03:46:34 pm
Why else would they have acquired Lastings Milledge?

In sum after a day of booty dealing:

Nyjer Morgan to the Nats.
Eric Hinske to the Yankees.

Milledge, Joel Hanrahan, Casey Erickson, and Eric Fryer to the Pirates.

They also gave the Yankees some money.
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Re: Pirates seek trade for Oswalt
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2009, 03:51:02 pm »
Damn, sucks to be Nyjer Morgan. From the Pirates to the Nats.
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Re: Pirates seek trade for Oswalt
« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2009, 03:52:58 pm »
Quote from: Ron Brand on June 30, 2009, 03:51:02 pm
Damn, sucks to be Nyjer Morgan. From the Pirates to the Nats.

Out of the cellar, into the porta-john.
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Re: Pirates seek trade for Oswalt
« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2009, 03:54:14 pm »
Quote from: Ron Brand on June 30, 2009, 03:51:02 pm
Damn, sucks to be Nyjer Morgan. From the Pirates to the Nats.

Nyjer please!
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« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2009, 03:56:43 pm »
Quote from: BudGirl on June 30, 2009, 03:49:36 pm
They also gave the Yankees some money.

Here is the interesting part:

The Yankees got Xavier Nady last year from the Pirates for basically nothing.  Now this year, because Nady is out, the Pirates turn around and provide Hinske.  Plus they gave the Yankees money too.

Too funny.
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Re: Pirates seek trade for Oswalt
« Reply #7 on: June 30, 2009, 03:58:02 pm »
I guess the Pirates are playing the role that the Kansas City A's used to do for the Yankees.
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Re: Pirates seek trade for Oswalt
« Reply #8 on: June 30, 2009, 03:59:17 pm »
Quote from: Noe in Austin on June 30, 2009, 03:56:43 pm
Here is the interesting part:

The Yankees got Xavier Nady last year from the Pirates for basically nothing.  Now this year, because Nady is out, the Pirates turn around and provide Hinske.  Plus they gave the Yankees money too.

Too funny.

His contract was 1.5 million.  I think the Yankees should have been able to afford him.

Are these "prospects" any good, besides Milledge?
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Re: Pirates seek trade for Oswalt
« Reply #9 on: June 30, 2009, 03:59:55 pm »
Yep, and the league is just as apathetic to it now...I hope Neal Huntington is at least skimming a percentage off for himself.  It's one thing to be the Yankees' whore, but to pay them for the privilege...ouch.

Quote from: Ron Brand on June 30, 2009, 03:58:02 pm
I guess the Pirates are playing the role that the Kansas City A's used to do for the Yankees.
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Re: Pirates seek trade for Oswalt
« Reply #10 on: June 30, 2009, 04:07:32 pm »
Quote from: Ron Brand on June 30, 2009, 03:58:02 pm
I guess the Pirates are playing the role that the Kansas City A's used to do for the Yankees.
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Re: Pirates seek trade for Oswalt
« Reply #11 on: July 01, 2009, 04:46:04 am »
Quote from: Limey on June 30, 2009, 03:54:14 pm
Nyjer please!
You're living on the edge there!
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Re: Pirates seek trade for Oswalt
« Reply #12 on: July 01, 2009, 08:37:08 am »
Quote from: Houston on July 01, 2009, 04:46:04 am
You're living on the edge eyje there!

FIFY.
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Re: Pirates seek trade for Oswalt
« Reply #13 on: July 01, 2009, 08:19:27 pm »
Quote from: Gizzmonic on June 30, 2009, 03:52:58 pm
Out of the cellar, into the porta-john.

Out of the frying pan, into the volcano.
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Re: Pirates seek trade for Oswalt
« Reply #14 on: July 05, 2009, 08:46:03 am »
So, the Pirates weren't only making plans for Nyjer.
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Re: Pirates seek trade for Oswalt
« Reply #15 on: August 31, 2009, 09:52:49 am »
Quote from: Ron Brand on June 30, 2009, 03:58:02 pm
I guess the Pirates are playing the role that the Kansas City A's used to do for the Yankees.
Yeah, but the role has been updated.  The A's were monogamous.
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Re: Pirates seek trade for Oswalt
« Reply #16 on: August 31, 2009, 12:04:43 pm »
Ladies and gentlemen, your MLB slut Pittsburgh Pirates!
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Re: Pirates seek trade for Oswalt
« Reply #17 on: August 31, 2009, 03:38:59 pm »
Their GM seems to be obsessed with quantity over quality.  I think he thinks that if he can hoard as many players as possible, at least some of them will turn out decently.  Still don't understand why they're paying Hinske's salary though.
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Re: Pirates seek trade for Oswalt
« Reply #18 on: August 31, 2009, 03:49:21 pm »
Quote from: Gizzmonic on August 31, 2009, 03:38:59 pm
Their GM seems to be obsessed with quantity over quality.  I think he thinks that if he can hoard as many players as possible, at least some of them will turn out decently.  Still don't understand why they're paying Hinske's salary though.
and the whole quantity thing can cause problems when you're up against 40-man roster rules.
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