Saturday, February 03, 2007

Danny Kolb

DK reports the Pirates have shown interest. This is a pretty bad idea, unless Torres has some kind of secret injury. Or unless the Pirates are ready to deal a reliever or two once they have insurance in place.

It's a bad idea not because he'd be a waste of money, but because this grizzled veteran would command playing time. And that playing time would be better invested in younger pitchers. The Pirates have quite a few, and I have confidence in the ones they have.

My guess is DL thinks he can sign Kolb now and then flip him for a quality prospect mid-season or at the trading deadline. This works in a perfect world. This world is not perfect. These plans have not worked out the last few years. Odds are, Kolb will be mediocre to bad for the Pirates and no one will want him to trade for him at the price DL will demand.

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