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“If Milledge can’t field or hit, why can he "bring someone of value"?”

First of all, no one is saying he can’t hit, read the post again! The reason he might bring something is because he can hit.
Look at the record, least amount of runs scored in baseball, that is not boredum, boredum is tell yourself that some of these guys will be something that they will not be.
LaRoach is worth almost nothing on the trade market, why should we keep him when we have guys that can hit in the system, guys that I have named?
Waiting on players that have had ample chances to prove what they can do is killing this team.

I’m sure if given the opportunity, Church, DY and Donnelly will all be moved at the deadline. the question is, if these are the worst players and the second to worst team in baseball….who is going to want them?

Milledge will not be traded.

As for Duke, if they can get something of modest value for him, I would trade him. If not, kepp him the rest of the year. It’s not like we have great options at AAA to replace him.

LaRoche is a solid defender who is working on playing multiple positions and has offensive upside. No need to get rid of him, he’ll be a solid utility player by next year. And Milledge has made some errors and some good play, all in all has been a below average defender this year. But if you look at their bodies of work beyond this season, both of the two can field, particularly LaRoche who can field really well. Not to mention both are still young with upside. Getting rid of either of them would be a complete waste.
Church and DY are wasting roster spots.

Why the love for LaRoach? he can’t hit, he has had almost a year to prove he can, am I the only one that is tired of watching those weak bouncers back to the left side of the infield? other teams bring players up from AA, the Pirates don’t even like to bring them up from AAA.
Could be the AAA and AA coaches and managers can get through to players better than their major league counterparts.

Really? Negrych has had 52 solid at bats with Indianapols, but he also had 135 mediocre at bats with Altoona this year. I think he’ll be up at some point, but there’s no harm in wanting to see more.

Then the other plan is to trade one of the few players to hit well the past 2 months, to put in someone only three months younger in a starting role who stunk at A-ball last year? What could go wrong?

At least Garrett Jones was decent in AAA the year before his breakout. Presley’s odds are even shorter of producing right away because of his own history (which, again, basically consists of A ball struggles) Again, Presley has shown progress and might end up on a major league roster someday, but I think we need to see more in the minor leagues here as well.

“Really? Negrych has had 52 solid at bats with Indianapols”
That is about 42 more than LaRoach has had in the last 2 months.

prove it for at least 3 months before they are brought up. That’s the way it should be done.

They’re looking at LaRoche as the future utility infielder. I’m OK with that because to this day he’s been the only MLB value we got in trade for Bay.

Milledge is in the same boat as reserve OF. Don’t know if he’ll ever help this team, but no harm in trying. He’s signed for at least another year.

Church, was a waste of money from the moment they signed him. I don’t understand why the Pirates continue signing MLB garbage FA’s when they could just as easily tryout minor leaguers for less. Complete waste for a rebuilding team. What about Crosby? He falls here too. They need to decide whether to keep cedeno or crosby, then cycle in IF from the farm, to try ’em out for next year.

I think everyone agrees that if Duke could bring anything we should trade him, but what’s he really worth? Same goes for DY. And Doumit. If they can’t get fair value, they need to keep them and try again next year.

I think its time to clean out that whole BP (I mean the vets – Dotel, Donnelly, Carrasco and Lopez) there’s more trade value there than anywhere on the roster.

Next up, what about the second half of the season? Why not tryout some prospects (or at least those most deserving) at the MiLB level in spots where the Bucs need help? We need all the help we can get, so let’s get some players up here and give them a shot. Let’s infuse some excitement back into a team that’s bound to lose another 60 games anyway. I think many of us would forget the losses if the team had something exciting going on, but right now they don’t – the caveat is we do, but they’re all young up and comers, so lets see more of them.

MiLB players who’ve earned a call uP; Steve Pearce, Argeniz Diaz, Eric Kratz, Hayden Penn, Wifredo Ledezma. Can’t add Presley here, but if he keeps hitting should see an august call up.

Players deserving a promotion: Michael Dubee, Brock Holt, Nathan Adcock. I left a lot of players off this list. Mostly these are players that look like they’re being held up within the organization.

It’s my hope the Bucs will trade away MLB players for Minor leaguers and open up some spots on the roster for some of the guys I’ve mentioned. One thing is for sure, the bucs are no more than 2 years away from .500 if not contending in the division. All you have to do is look at the depth in AAA and AA to see that!