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Pirates Acquire Jason Michaels

Well, I guess I was wrong about Kevin Thompson. The Pirates have traded a player to be named to the Indians for outfielder Jason Michaels. Thunder actually predicted this a few days ago in a comment thread.

I've spent the past few days wishing the Pirates would send Nyjer Morgan down and add a couple of real hitters to their bench. Michaels doesn't qualify, I'm afraid; he was once a solid, undervalued contributor for the Phillies, but he hasn't done much of anything with the Indians the past few years. He draws fewer walks and hits for less average than he used to, and he's never had much power. This year he's hit .207/.258/.276 in 58 at bats. If he had done that for the Pirates, he'd have been adding to the stink emanating from the Bucs' bench. He's probably better than he's showed so far, but he's still more like unwashed socks than a can of Lysol. I'd rather have Thompson, frankly, but the article reports that he's suffering from "wrist soreness."

The Pirates aren't saying how much of Michaels' contract they're taking on, but it presumably isn't a whole lot, and I'm sure the PTBNL isn't a prospect. Still, this move probably has as much to do with Neal Huntington's Cleveland connections as with Michaels' ability.

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Hits lefties

But so what? Throwing out his putrid numbers overall this year, Michaels OPS’d .799 and .800 v. lefties the previous two years in CLE. That would be great, but what does that do for the 2008 PBC? He sure as hell better not take any time from Nate no matter who’s pitching, and Nady and Bay are RH. And so are Pearce and McCutchen, so it’s not even a move with an eye to the future. An OF off the bench that can hit lefties? I suppose. I don’t care, but if I were Thompson, I’d be a little peeved.

by azibuck on May 8, 2008 10:36 PM EDT   0 recs

Michaels

= deck chairs/Titanic

by bucdaddy on May 8, 2008 11:01 PM EDT   0 recs

Exactly.

by Thunder on May 8, 2008 11:16 PM EDT   0 recs

Huntington

Agreed on the Huntington tip. And here’s hoping that the PTBNL is Andrew McCutchen!! :)

by scottsargent on May 9, 2008 11:53 AM EDT   0 recs

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