Not a very good baseball player anymore, but he's not terrible either, and he has those all-important leadership skills. Basically, he's Doug Mientkiewicz with a better resume. Gonzalez does little for me, and at this point, if the Pirates only have $5 million or so left to spend (which obviously is itself is a pretty dubious self-imposed limit), I'd rather they waited to see if they could get someone better.
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