Calling about Huff

Dejan Kovacevic handicaps the Huff derby.

Huff is defensively challenged wherever he plays. His third base makes Ty Wigginton look good. In the outfield, he's Daryle Ward, which is to say, he shouldn't be in the outfield.

If you say Aramis Ramirez is a lumbering first baseman, throw away Chris Shelton because he can't play a position, and see no future for J.R. House because he can't play a position, then it's not exactly consistent to go and acquire Aubrey Huff. Huff can hit but he's a DH, not a third baseman, and he's not the kind of player Littlefield has valued thus far in his term as GM.

I'm not saying it would be a mistake to acquire him. We need to score more runs. I just can't see the team reversing course and paying the high price Tampa Bay wants for a player who's much like a number of other guys the Pirates have valued less than most other teams.