Who replaces Freddy???

Brakeman8 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:00:43 -0000

It seems more and more obvious that the PIrates are going to make every attempt to deal a number of players by the end of the month. John Grabow, Jack Wilson, Adam LaRoche and Freddy Sanchez are all being discussed and Even players like Ryan Doumit and Matt Capps could also wind up on new teams if the price is right. The big question is who is going to replace these guys. You may not like some of the internal options, but guys like Brian Bixler, Steve Pearce and Garrett Jones may all find themselves filling the void. But, what about second base? Luis Cruz? Ramon Vazquez? We;, Ken Rosenthal at Fox Sports says Neal, Frank and the front office gang has their eye on someone. How about speedster Eric Young Jr.? http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/9778206/Vazquez-has-too-much-value-for-Braves-to-move

Depending on what it would cost, I kinda like the idea. Although he has no pop, he has as much if not more speed than McCutchen. So, whadda ya think? Anyone else hearing anything else?

Pirates ship Hinske to the Yankees

Brakeman8 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:52:43 -0000

According to the PG, the Pirates have traded outfielder Eric Hinske to the New York Yankees for catcher/outfielder Eric Fryer and pitcher Casey Erickson. Erickson was a 10th round pick in 2006 and is a reliever in A with average numbers. He has started a couple games and was a starter the previous year. Fryer was also a 10th round pick (by Milwaukee) in 2007. He was traded to NY for Chase Wright back in February. He's been at high A Tampa. Not much of a year this year, but last season posted good numbers for West Virginia (.914 OPS). Nothing much to get too excited about, but not a bad haul for Hinske. We can probably thank Xavier Nady for this. lol I guess we will get to see a little more of Steve Pearce now.

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Who replaces Freddy???

Pirates ship Hinske to the Yankees