Although just because a guy goes on the DL or gets hurt doesn’t mean it wasn’t a good trade; More than anything that just means good luck for the team that got rid of that player.

You could tell by watching Gorzo that he’s not going to make it, even though he gave up only 1 to the Bucs. With proper patience by us, he would have walked 10 guys and been gone by the end of 4 (he only pitched 5 as it is).

Unless he gets his command, he will be yo-yo’ed between Iowa and Chicago, in my opinion, no matter if he hits 93 on the gun…

On Saturday’s post game show, they showed all 8 of Gorzo’s strikeout pitches and only two of them were in the zone. The rest were either letter high or about 6 inches outside the strike zone. And the Pirates swung and miss at all 8 of them. I’d like to see Gorzo throw 8 K’s against the Cardinals, Brewers, Dodgers or Phillies. So far with the Cubs, he’s had success against two of the worst hitting teams in baseball, the Pirates and Reds. Meanwhile, he got rocked by the Rockies. I mean, anyone can shut the Pirates down at this point, except a crappy AA pitcher. Wouldn’t it be nice if the Pirates faced one of those every night?

As for Nate McLouth, players get injured. It happens. Let’s wait and see what he does and what Morton, Gorkys and Locke do the next few years.

Also, I’m sick of hearing about Nyjer Morgan like he’s Albert F***ing Pujols. He’s a slap hitting OF with good defense, I wish people would stop talking about him like he’ll be admitted to the Hall of Fame with Pujols and Lincecum.

Freddy was just another guy they sold high on and I really liked the return on it. The one thing to remember about him is that he’s 31 years old. He’s probably not going to have a much longer career. Same with Jack Wilson. Both will be lucky to still be playing in three or four years.

At this point, it seems crazy to try and evaluate these trades the right way. I know everyone want to go and give a knee jerk reaction but the fact is, we don’t know now and we won’t know for a few year if these trades will work for us. I mean who knows, Bryan Morris might even turn into the stud that he was supposed to be and make this trade look great for us. That said i like the direction these pirates are going and i think these moves will pay off two or three or four years down the road.

At this point, it seems crazy to try and evaluate these trades the right way. I know everyone want to go and give a knee jerk reaction but the fact is, we don’t know now and we won’t know for a few year if these trades will work for us. I mean who knows, Bryan Morris might even turn into the stud that he was supposed to be and make this trade look great for us. That said i like the direction these pirates are going and i think these moves will pay off two or three or four years down the road.

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Last year wasn’t every Yinzer gaging on their Arn City that we traded Nady ? I never liked him and was thrilled we got rid of him. I’m happy with all of NH’s trades… sell high !