Dejan Kovacevic has been spending too much time with the players.
Jack Wilson makes a fine no. 2 hitter when he's hitting well. I'm all for giving him the chance for a week or two in April. If he sucks, move him down to the 8 hole.
Freddy Sanchez should be slapped silly for suggesting he would bunt a baserunner from second to third. Or I should be slapped silly for misreading the article. Either way, that's what he appears to be saying. It's fine to bunt a guy from first to second if LaRoche is due up, but wasting an out to move a guy from scoring position to scoring position sounds like bad strategy to me.
Lineups are not something worth debating much. We should be more worked up about who is starting and who is not on the team.
Speaking of who is not on the team, the Pirates have all but struck out in the quest for the additional starter. I think they need that starter, and some kind of veteran would be good. He does not have to be much better than Josh Fogg; the Pirates need someone who can step in and be a regular if one of the starters goes down.
It's not an urgent need, this need for a fifth or sixth starter, but it is a need.
I'm also puzzled by the Pirates getting outbid on one-year deals for Ohka and Weaver. The one-year deal is where the team should be with these guys. I'd rather sign Weaver at one year for $9M than two years for $14M. The difference is $5M. You don't know that you'll need this starter beyond this year, so overpay for the flexibility next year. That would be my reasoning.
Now I wonder if some kind of trade might not be the way to go. The Dodgers have a glut of starting pitching, for example. Would they take a relief pitcher or two or three?
P.S. The new red uniform is not up to the standard established by my suggestion of this fabric.
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