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In addition to the bad pitcher shuffle that's been going on for the past day or so, the Bucs made several other minor moves.

First, Craig Wilson has been shipped the Mariners for a PTBNL. This may surprise those of you who did not realize Wilson was back in the Pirates organization, but he'd been hitting badly but with some power at Class AAA Indianapolis. It's ironic that the Mariners are acquiring Wilson in the wake of the release of Richie Sexson, since Wilson (much as I still love him) has Richie Sexson disease as bad as anyone ever did. He'll hit the occasional homer, but he won't hit higher than .210 in the majors. Normally I'd assume Wilson will just be minor league depth for the Mariners, but the M's called up a second baseman (Tug Hulett) to take Sexson's place on the major league roster, and they're currently going with converted infielders Jose Vidro and Miguel Cairo at first. Neither Vidro nor Cairo are better than Sexson, whose salary they're eating. Given the available options, I wouldn't be shocked if Wilson made it back to the big leagues with the Mariners. Wilson's not better than Sexson either, but whatever--the Mariners don't make any sense. Anyway, I assume the PTBNL the Pirates get won't be anyone of consequence, but perhaps I shouldn't assume anything, given the team they're trading with.

The Bucs also got pitcher Dan Reichert and corner-guy Ryan Mulhern from Cleveland for a player to be named. Reichert's pure cannon fodder and surely--hopefully!--won't get out of AAA, but Mulhern is at least kind of interesting. His name came up a bunch a couple offseasons ago as a Rule 5 candidate after he belted 32 homers between Class A+ Kinston and Class AA Akron as a 24 year-old. He's been mediocre in AAA since then, and he's probably already peaked, but maybe there's something still in there. He has some power, but he strikes out a lot. Basically, he's... the 2008 version of Craig Wilson, but a couple years younger and with a tad more potential.

UPDATE: But not much--like WTM says in the comments, these moves aren't really intended to do much more than fill minor-league spots. I probably didn't put a fine enough point on that.

UPDATE: The reactions to the Wilson trade at USS Mariner are pretty funny.

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At least Thor might get a few MLB at-bats out of it. He pretty obviously wasn’t gonna here.

by bucdaddy on Jul 10, 2008 7:44 PM EDT   0 recs

Yeah, it’s good to see him go to a team that might give him another shot, even though I don’t think he belongs in the majors anymore.

by Charlie on Jul 10, 2008 7:45 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

And neither

do the guys we picked up.

by Thunder on Jul 10, 2008 8:04 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Minor league roster shuffling

They’re just filling holes here. They needed a pitcher because Taubenheim is hurt and Munoz just got called up. Jared Hughes made a (crappy) fill-in start today at Altoona. I’m sure he won’t stay there, so they needed another upper-level pitcher. Mulhern is probably just a replacement for Thor.

by WTM on Jul 10, 2008 9:30 PM EDT   0 recs

Reichert is diabetic

I always thought it was interesting that he was able to be a successful pro athlete in spite of his condition.

by Vlad on Jul 10, 2008 10:55 PM EDT   0 recs

Also

Happy trails, Thor.

by Vlad on Jul 11, 2008 10:13 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Also: Ron Santo, Kendall Simmons

Both diabetics. I believe Santo is a type 1 diabetic and took insulin injections for most of his life.

Steve Z

by steve_z on Jul 11, 2008 10:57 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I think Brandon Morrow, too.

I was just always impressed by Reichert, because he was the first one I’d ever heard about.

by Vlad on Jul 11, 2008 11:12 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

It makes me happy to see good things happen to Craig Wilson

This looks to be his last tour through the Majors. I hope it is a good one!

Steve Z

by steve_z on Jul 11, 2008 10:59 AM EDT   0 recs

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