This morning DK tore apart Bill Madden's contention in the NY Daily News that the Pirates shed nearly $29M in payroll last year with the trades of Jack Wilson, Nate McLouth, Adam LaRoche, Freddy Sanchez, Ian Snell and John Grabow for "a bunch of minimum salary unproven prospects."
But no mention of this line: "president Frank Coonelly justifies the jettisoning of their six best players....."
Wow, we were in worse shape than I thought.