Perrotto: Bucs Tried to Acquire Glaus

by Charlie Wilmoth on Dec 26, 2005 3:50 PM EST in News

I find this very hard to believe. Toronto is on the verge of acquiring Troy Glaus and marginal infield prospect Sergio Santos in exchange for second baseman Orlando Hudson and reliever Miguel Batista.

Hudson is a legitimately good, but not particularly young, player who hits reasonably well and plays excellent defense. Batista is a marginal talent at this point. It's very hard to believe the Pirates couldn't have improved on the Jays' offer if they had wanted to. A poster at Only Bucs has suggested that an offer of Jose Castillo and Salomon Torres would have gotten the job done, and I'm inclined to agree; Torres is a much better pitcher than Batista at this point and while Castillo isn't as good as Hudson yet, he probably will be fairly soon. The Pirates were probably not serious players in the Glaus sweepstakes; I doubt they wanted to pick up his salary.

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glad the pirates won't get him

I've long been a fan of Troy Glaus, and his bat would look good in the Pirates lineup. However, I saw him quite a bit last year and I think he is done as a National League player. He simply couldn't move for most of the year because of injuries that I suspect will be chronic. He was a statue for most of the year at third base and had trouble bending over to field grounders. Believe me, the Pirates should sacrifice some defense if it means getting a power bat, but Glaus is too much of a sacrifice at this point.

by bolton on Dec 26, 2005 6:12 PM EST reply actions

Littlefield and McClatchy might have wanted

Arizona to pick up some of Glaus' salary, treating a Glaus trade as a salary dump move. I agree with Bolton that Glaus might be far better off in the American League.

It's difficult to read Perrotto's report as saying anything but that the Pirates dodged another bullet. Lucky them.

by steve_z on Dec 26, 2005 7:01 PM EST reply actions

Twas a risk, but one with high rewards

My understanding was that Glaus had a bad knee tendon, not a bad back -- in other words, an injury a 29 year old should recover from.

As far as I'm concerned, I'm more disappointed in the Pirates for not making the move than if they had and Glaus wound up injured. Casey is signed for 1 year, so Glaus could have played there in 2006 if he was physically unable to play 3rd.

by CPfromNJ on Dec 27, 2005 2:42 PM EST reply actions