Pirates expecting Wilson to stay put

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PIT Post-Gazette: Pirates expecting Wilson to stay put
Published 7/8/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
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. ... 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 ...

Baseball Today: Tuesday, July 8
Published 7/8/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... in place for Elijah Dukes as he recovers from knee surgery (Washington Post) . . . Felix Hernandez will start for the Mariners Friday, his first game since spraining his ankle against the Mets a couple of weeks ago. (Seattle Times) TRADE TALK: There are rumors the shortstop-starved Dodgers are inquiring about the Pirates' Jack Wilson. But not only does Wilson want to stay in Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review), but the team itself is not inclined to let him go (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) . . . The Angels say they won't be ...

Who Wants to Play Shortstop for the Dodgers?
Published 7/8/2008 by Rob Iracane at Walkoff Walk
... Wilson is the longest tenured Pittsburgh Pirate and has never been much of a 'professional hitter'. No matter, he's got a stellar glove and he's quite popular amongst the Yinzer faithful. Sorry Ned, he's probably staying put. ...

MLB Trade Rumors: With Sabathia Dealt, How About A.J. Burnett?
Published 7/8/2008 by faketeams at FakeTeams: Front Page Posts
... Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports the Pirates want to keep Jack Wilson because there is no readily apparent player to fill SS.  The interest of the Los Angeles Dodgers is mentioned with AA RHP James MacDonald and AAA SS Chin-Lung Hu mentioned as the potential offer.  It is noted that the Dodgers have better prospects but they do not appear available for Wilson. ...

NEWS AND NOTES
Published 7/8/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (mondesishouse) at Mondesishouse.com
... The Steelers are valued at up to $1.2 billion. Much more on this in the near future. --The Pirates expect Jack Wilson to stay put, ensuring he will not play in the postseason for an 8th consecutive season. ...

Pickoff Moves
Published 7/8/2008 by Rob (noreply@blogger.com) at 6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog
... with Indians third baseman Casey Blake and utility man Jamey Carroll. McCourt's reason was financial, according to multiple industry sources. But that is a charge McCourt flatly denied. "It's just totally false," he said. "The players didn't match up, and that's just the way it was." Whether we believe him or not is another matter, but so far, spending (and spending, and spending) money on player salary hasn't been a problem with the Dodgers. In the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a piece about recent rumors linking shortstop Jack Wilson to the ...

The Pirates Ruin Things For Everyone
Published 7/8/2008 by Andrew at True Blue LA: Front Page Posts
... DeJan Kovacheck of the Pittsburgh Post Gazzette is reporting that Jack Wilson is likely staying put, and as much as it might surprise you, this is actually kind of depressing. If Pittsburgh was asking for the players Kovacheck talks about: James McDonald and Chin-Lung Hu, then it's not something I would be happy about, but the idea behind trading for Jack Wilson isn't a bad one. ...

Mets Need To Bring Back Xavier Nady
Published 7/9/2008 by Gary Grund at Hot Foot
... According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, as expected, the market is thick for Nady. The article notes that the Tampa Bay Rays and Atlanta Braves are both in the market for a corner outfielder. The article also includes the Mets on there as well, but notes that they could potentially be a poor match because of a “dearth of prospects.” ...