Here's some finer details on the players in the Hinske trade. I'm completely fine with this trade. We traded a role/bit player and got a return. Fine by me.
Now the second trade is a little tougher to gauge.
My first reaction is that I don't like bringing a guy who's been a cancer onto the team. I'm also concerned about his ability to play good defense in the vastness of PNC's LF.
However, thinking about it more, when you're the Pirates, you have to do this trade. It could be a great buy low (Milledge) and sell high (Morgan) for them.
Milledge has never really been able to string together a couple of full seasons. He's a former first round pick, with a small track record and pedigree, who's shown some flashes of being a good/above average player.
Recall too, just a few years ago, that GM God himself, Billy Beane, was rumored to be scorching his shorts over this guy. His continuing to ask for Milledge in trades for Haren and Zito, was always a deal breaker when he talked to the Mets.
So is Milledge's potential still there? Is it worth it to find out?
I say yes.
I don't put any stock into the Nats sending him down this year. Hell, they sent him down after only one week of the season, after they had played 4% of their games for the season. Who does that? With that line of thought, the Yankees should have sent A-Rod down last year in April.
I think too that they sold high on Morgan. I like him, but recall that he barely made the team out of Spring Training. He's down to hitting .277 with an OBP of .350 after finishing April hitting around .340. Again, this is just the type of move the Pirates need to do.
Time as always will tell, but as of now, you gotta pull this trigger.
Even the oft quoted Scouts expert from ESPN, Keith Law, had this to say:
"Easy win for Pittsburgh, especially with Hanrahan thrown in for free."
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