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Tuesday, July 08, 2008

PIT Post-Gazette: Pirates expecting Wilson to stay put

Los Angeles initiated the inquiry about [Jack] Wilson last week and was the first team to do so this year. Those talks, which never involved any player on the Dodgers’ major league roster, never got very far and seemed dormant, if not dead, late yesterday afternoon.
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The most likely Pirates to get traded remain the usual two: Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte.

The market for Nady is thick, as might be expected with his ranking among the National League leaders in multiple categories. The Tampa Bay Rays and Atlanta Braves are known to be seeking a power-hitting corner outfielder, and the list could grow in the coming weeks. The New York Mets might be on there, too, but they continue to be seen as a poor match because of a dearth of prospects.

The list could be just as long for Marte, as the Rays, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Florida Marlins, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies are seeking left-handed relief. The market certainly has picked up from where it was a month ago when the Pirates were disappointed by the offers.

Teams have asked about John Grabow, too, but Marte is the primary focus.

NTNgod Posted: July 08, 2008 at 05:00 AM | 1 comment(s) | Login to Bookmark
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   1. Hurdle's Heroes (SuperBaes) Posted: July 08, 2008 at 01:38 PM (#2848547)
One prospect who was discussed, according to a Los Angeles source, was 23-year-old Class AA starter James McDonald, who has good control but no better than decent stuff. Another was 24-year-old Class AAA shortstop Chin-lung Hu, who has batted .176 in the majors and currently is out because of recurring vision problems. There are other, better prospects in the Los Angeles system, but it was not clear if they were available.

I still like McDonald or Hu in return for Wilson. And how ridiculous would the Mets look, re-acquiring a piece they've already sent to Pittsburgh? Unless of course, they fleece Huntington, in which case they would have both Nady and Perez essentially for free.
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