Pirates' trade pieces raise stakes

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Over a long inaugural winter as the Pirates' general manager, Neal Huntington had set out to revamp his roster with significant veteran-for-prospect trades. ... [link]

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Early Pirate trade talks
Published 4/29/2008 by Adam Wagner at Be Like Tike
... There is an article in the Post-Gazette today about how the Pirates’ four main trade pieces have improved their stock, suggesting that the selling attitude that pervades the Pirates around June or July will hit once again.  There is no problem with that, as Dejan ended one mailbag last week by predicting that the outfield on August 1 will be Nate McLouth in left field, Andrew McCutchen in center field and Steve Pearce in right field.  The only issue is whether or not this management knows what it is doing in terms of trades. This was, of course, the group that had agreed to ...

Baseball Today: Tuesday, April 29
Published 4/29/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... is headed to the disabled list (mlb.com) . . . Gary Sheffield says he plans to play through the pain (Detroit News) . . . Tom Glavine will make his first start since April 13 tonight, and is concerned about being rusty (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) . . . Mike Cameron has completed his 25-game suspension for the use of performance-enhancing drugs and will return to the Brewers tonight (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel) . . . Trade time may soon be approaching in Pittsburgh. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) OLD FRIENDS: Wily Mo Pena is ...

THE NEWS
Published 4/29/2008 by mondesishouse at Mondesishouse.com
... --Dejan Kovacevic writes a nice, feel-good piece about how the Pirates' trade-bait players have turned things around. Really sounds promising, until you glance at the standings and see that they're still in last place. ...

Pirates Gaining Trade Value
Published 4/29/2008 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette discusses five Pirates players who were discussed in winter trade rumors.  Neal Huntington wasn't satisfied with the offers, and decided to keep Jason Bay, Xavier Nady, John Grabow, and Damaso Marte.  Huntington says Nate McLouth's name was only floated as a "trial balloon." ...

Pirates vs. Mets, 29 April 2008
Published 4/29/2008 by Charlie at Bucs Dugout: Front Page Posts
Let's try this again. Ian Snell and Johan Santana, 7:10 at Shea. If you haven't seen it, there's a pretty interesting article in the Post-Gazette about a number of players the Pirates could have traded this winter, but didn't. A lot of them are making the Bucs look pretty smart. ...

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