Roster moves coming

Rob Biertempfel notes in the Trib-Review that the Pirates will have to cut someone to make room for Jason Bay. He speculates that Cota and Davis are candidates. Davis would surely be claimed on waivers. A Cota demotion might signal the Bucs intend to keep Kendall around for awhile.

Stynes is playing himself out of a job right now, and would probably accept a minor-league assignment to figure out what the hell is wrong with his swing. His only hits this year have been weak bloop singles. He may be a .280 hitter lifetime, but he's been a real stiff for more than a full season now. Start Mackowiak at third full-time. His defense can't be worse than Aramis's. Keep Davis and Cota around. Nunez and later, Freddy Sanchez, can be the backup third basemen.