Pirates Notebook: Littlefield's price too high?

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PIT Post-Gazette: Littlefield’s price too high?
Published 8/8/2007 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
PIT Post-Gazette: Littlefield ...

Link Roundup: Kata Clears Waivers, Byrnes Signs Extension
Published 8/8/2007 by Charlie <info@buccosdugout.com> at Bucs Dugout: Front Page Posts

Pitt-Grambling In Trouble?
Published 8/8/2007 by Dennis at Pitt Blather -- The Rantings Continue
Steelers camp started, so Pirates season is over. Or at least we wish The Pirates Sept. 8 home game against the Chicago Cubs is being listed as a 3:55 p.m. nationally televised game for Fox on that network s Web site. Officially, though, the first pitch remains set for 7:05 p.m., as no one has informed the Pirates of a switch. Although Fox has the right to shift a limited number of games for its national broadcasts, the Pirates can be expected to resist this one because the University of Pittsburgh has a noon football game against Grambling at noon that day at Heinz Field. That could wreak havoc not only with traffic but also with staffing, as the two North Shore stadiums employ many of the same service workers. The first time I read that ( ...

Yesterday's other important baseball news
Published 8/8/2007 by edwzipper at Sports Frog
... • Example 762 on why the Pirates are the suck. ...

Random Rumors: Erstad, Gagne, Podsednik
Published 8/8/2007 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... The Pirates and Tigers are still talking about Jack Wilson.  Apparently the deadline version of the deal died when the Bucs asked for Craig Monroe. ...

Perrotto on the Morris signing
Published 8/8/2007 by Rowdy at Honest Wagner
... e is a lot of head to scratch. On the other hand, the rationale behind the trade looks clear enough to me. The same kind of bad things we might predict about Morris's future performance could also be said about the future of Jeff Suppan. It is crazy that reliable starters command so much money. It is crazy, too, that pre-arb players make so little. But that is the way it is these days. A starter was, I think, a need and not a want. And when you need something, you cannot complain persuasively about the price. This is especially true if you get what you need for less than the going rate. And I think that, in the Morris deal, the Pirates acquired a veteran starter for much less than they would have paid in the off-season free agent market. After all, they were able to acquire his expensive skills for only 1 1/2 or (if they pick up his option) 2 1/2 years. No starter like Matt Morris would settle for a one- or two-year deal. Littlefield may negotiate like a fantasy-league jerk-- ...

The Reason Why Jack Wilson Is Still a Pirate
Published 8/8/2007 by Matt Watson at FanHouse
... feels like he's in any position to rake another team over the coals, but that's apparently what he wants to do if you want to make a deal with him. According to Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Littlefield has two opportunities to move ...

short list
Published 11/29/2007 by lboros <info@vivaelbirdos.com> at Viva El Birdos: Front Page Posts
... , "including an unnamed pitcher ready to join the major-league staff." a subsequent article identified the pitcher in question: "The deal on the table at the July 31 non-waiver deadline would have netted the Pirates one of two 21-year-old pitchers, Jair Jurrjens or Dallas Trahern, and another prospect in the Detroit system." jurrjens was still in double A at that time; he ended up making ...