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The Pirates are looking to trade Bay after a poor offensive year

I feel so bad for Pirates fans. Why would you trade a guy coming off a down year who has been an offensive stud the past three? You're not going to get all the value you should.

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I can tell you living in Pittsburgh - the majority of Pirates fans - don't seem to think Bay is all that great and would be happy if he was traded. They think he is an underperformer and "not clutch".

 

Not my opinion - just giving you the word I hear here and on the radio.

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I can tell you living in Pittsburgh - the majority of Pirates fans - don't seem to think Bay is all that great and would be happy if he was traded. They think he is an underperformer and "not clutch".

 

Not my opinion - just giving you the word I hear here and on the radio.

I wouldn't mind taking Bay off the unhappy Pirates fans hands. How about Mench, Wise and Brad Nelson for Jason Bay http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif. I'm sure Melvin and Ash will welcome their fellow Canadian with open arms.

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WHat would be a fair offer for Jason Bay??? His contract is palatable. Would Gamel be a good centerpiece, given he was just named HWL MVP? Too much? Damaso or Torres would be good targets in the package, as well. Much like a trade with the Cards, however, the Pirates would be a bit leery of dealing within their own division, though A-Ram was dealt to the Cubs a few years ago. Nevertheless, he is still a former All-Star in his prime (Please, no Jenkins jokes).
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From the Pittsburgh Post Gazette today:

 

Industry insiders dispute the notion that the Pirates are not shopping Bay. As one agent put it this week, "I'm hearing his name all over the place. That doesn't happen by accident."

 

The one party confirmed to have spoken to the Pirates about Bay is Cleveland, and that should be no surprise.

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We only have so many players we can trade and our biggest glaring weakness is the bullpen. I would rather give up players to fix the pen than get an outfielder, who is really good, but not as big of a need.

Fan is short for fanatic.

I blame Wang.

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I would stick with a Dillon/Gross platoon rather than give up 2-3 players to get Bay.

 

Well, at least one of the players mentioned pretty much sums up that solution, and it isnt Dillon. This coming from someone who likes Gabe Gross.

 

If you can get a player like Bay, you do it. My only hesitation would be the pitching they ask for. It'd most likely start with Villanueva or Parra. Toss in Gwynn and Gamel and maybe you are onto something.

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I read somewhere that the Pirates ARE shopping Bay, but that the asking price is just way way way out of this world. I think that Bay would be an outstanding fit on this team as the #4 hitter and with Prince in front of him would be a monster, but I cant imagine the Crew giving up what it will take to get him.

 

Now for the inevitable "post my starting lineup" post.

 

1. weeks

2. Braun

3. Prince

4. Bay

5. Hart

6. Hall

7. Hardy

8. Pitcher

9. Kendall

 

Thats scary good. Kendall hits 9th in order to provide Braun with more RBI Opportunities. Hardy has the baserunning skills to move to 2nd or 3rd on a sacrifice by the pitcher and the power needed to clear the bases on a jack. It might be a little out of the box, but this would be a lineup that would not be rivaled anywhere in the NL.

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The Pirates are not shopping Jason Bay or Jack Wilson. That was the insistence of general manager Neal Huntington earlier this week in his PNC Park office. "No, none of our players is being actively shopped," he said. In the same breath, though ..."If a club calls and inquires about one of our players, we have to listen. That's just where we are." Trading Bay or Wilson would not be well received by the general public, of course, particularly if the return would be minor-leaguers that only diehard seamheads could identify. Some would complain about another rebuilding. Others would accuse ownership of taking more profits, given that Bay is due $13.25 million and Wilson $14.25 million over the next two years.

 

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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