Congrats to the Pirates who made their first good trade since they sent Rick Rhoden to the Yankees in 1986 for Doug Drabek. Ok...probably not the first, but it seems like that (though with the Marte and Nady injuries, the trade they made at the last deadline is looking pretty darn good even with Jose Tabata's wife issues).
The Pittsburgh Pirates dealt shortstop Jack Wilson and right-handed pitcher Ian Snell to the Seattle Mariners for shortstop Ronny Cedeno, first baseman Jeff Clement, and right-handed pitching prospects Aaron Pribanic. I have no clue why the Mariners made this trade. If they're truly sellers, what good will Wilson do? Even if they were buyers, I'm not sure what a guy with a career OPS of .687 does for a team in serious need of bats.
MLBTradeRumors has a lot more details and links including MLB.com's Jonathan Mayo calling it a "pretty good haul" for the Pirates and Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus saying it's the best deal the Pirates have made yet.
Is Freddy Sanchez (to the Twins or Giants) next?
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