Trade Deadline Tree: Ryan Ludwick

The Pirates made another deal just before the trade deadline, acquiring OF Ryan Ludwick from the Padres for a Player To Be Named Later or cash. Ludwick is an immediate upgrade in the OF for the Pirates. Xavier Paul has been exposed playing everyday while Jose Tabata and Alex Presley are hurt. Once they return [...]

Trade Deadline Tree: Derrek Lee

The Pirates made a deal prior to the trade deadline, acquiring Derrek Lee from the Orioles for class A firstbaseman Aaron Baker. This move effectively ends Lyle Overbay‘s time as the starting firstbaseman. Lee’s first half numbers aren’t much better than Overbay’s this year but he’s better defensively and has been hot over the last [...]

Trade talk

I’ll start with the bottom line: I don’t expect the Pirates to make a major move. To celebrate the Pirates being alone in first place this morning, I tuned in to some Pittsburgh sports radio. The topic: What would you give up for Carlos Beltran? I know the radio game, I know the hosts was [...]

Bucs’ Trades = Win

Interesting deals by the Pirates at Saturday’s trading deadline. Gone are: Bobby Crosby, SS (to Diamondbacks) .224/.301/.295 Ryan Church, OF (to Diamondbacks) .182/.240/.312 DJ Carrasco, P (to Diamondbacks) 3.88 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 7.3 K/9 Octavio Dotel, P (to Dodgers) 4.28 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 10.8 K/9 $500,000 cash (to Dodgers) Javier Lopez, P (to Giants) 2.79 [...]