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Written by Pat Lackey   
Saturday, 06 December 2008 12:41

This isn't too terribly bold of a prediction, but the Pirates are going to make some moves in the next couple of days. One of them will probably be a Jack Wilson trade, but we'll get to that in a second. First, the Pirates cleared two spaces on the 40-man roster yesterday by outrighting Jason Davis and Raul Chavez to AAA. This means a couple of things. One is that the Pirates almost certainly have their eye on someone in Monday's Rule 5 draft. Whether the guy they're looking for will be there when they pick is another story (I'm talking about Eduardo Morlan). The other thing it means is that I'm going to be pissed if Jamie Romak gets taken in the Rule 5, because Davis and Chavez certainly could've been outrighted two weeks ago to make room for Romak.

Beyond the roster moves, Dejan has two names from Detroit that the Pirates appear to be interested in: Matt Joyce and Jeff Larish. Judging by stats and ages, I'm guessing that the Pirates want Joyce and the Tigers would rather give them Larish. Joyce is an outfielder that turned 24 in August, put up a .902 OPS in AAA, then hit .252/.399/.492 in 277 PAs with the Tigers, mostly as a 23-year old. Larish is a bit older (26 in October), plays first base, and frankly just isn't the same type of hitter that Joyce is.

This is a bit of a tricky situation for Huntington and it'll be interesting to see what happens. The Tigers are now rumored to be interested in Adam Everett ando be perfectly honest, signing a free agent shortstop with a good glove makes much more sense to me than trading for Jack Wilson. If Huntington holds out for too much of a return, he'll likely scare off his market for Wilson. Wilson isn't nearly as valuable as the two guys that Huntington traded at the deadline, which makes this a unique situation for him as a GM.


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Marc said:

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Huntington could slightly overpay for Everett so he can't go to the Tigers, that would also piss off the Tigers
 
December 06, 2008
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Marc said:

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If the Pirates were really looking to improve, wouldn't they trade Wilson and offer to pay his salary just to have the prospects?
 
December 07, 2008
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Curtis said:

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I think Marc has a good idea here. Trade Wilson, pay his salary, try to get Joyce, then sign Everett. If that is possible isn't it the best move to improve the team?
 
December 07, 2008
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Deaner said:

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I love in Toledo, Ohio and have gotten to see both Larish and Joyce play for the Mud Hens (the Tigers' Triple-A team)... both are good ball players, but Larish has some raw power that Joyce doesn't.
 
December 07, 2008
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Pat said:

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I don't think the Tigers are going to give up Joyce even if we pay Jack's full salary.
 
December 07, 2008
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MrPedriqueIfYou'reNasty said:

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Joyce is a natural platoon for Thames...I'd have to assume that he figures heavily into their plans for this year so like Pat says, it'd take Wilson, cash, and someone else.

That said, I wouldn't necessarily be against paying that either.
 
December 07, 2008
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w.k. kortas said:

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I'd say if you don't get Joyce, you don't have to trade Wilson right now, as long as Huntington can live with getting hamburger at the deadline for Jack.
 
December 08, 2008
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