Though the expectations that came along with him were never truly satiated, it's still a shame to see Adam LaRoche go. Atleast like Jason Bay, he goes to a contender in the Boston Red Sox and hopefully he can start hitting with some pop the same way Hinske has for the yankees. Hinske by the way I believe has hit 4 home runs in 5 games for the yankees, while hitting 1 during the whole first half for the Pirates...go figure.
I'm anxious to see one of the Red Sox infielding superstars to get injured for a length of time with LaRoche filling in at first base or DH and slamming 20 more home runs by seasons end. In the mean time, Garrett Jones will cool off and finish the season with 12 home runs even though he's got 9 now with more than 60 games to go, and now the pirates fill their dead end minor league system with another jack wilson-type SS in AA and a pitching pee-on prospect in Single-A.
The plus side...? Ok, here's the goods (or my idea of goods in relation to anything relevant to pittsburgh baseball) and I believe to be the motivation behind the move. Besides the fact that Garrett Jones has been arguably the best Pirates hitter since being called up, another Pirates prospect required recently in the Nyjen Morgan deal is hitting at an above .400 clip in AAA. Milledge will now be recalled within a week to get some major playing time in the outfield, while the Pirates will let Garrett Jones play out the rest of the season at first base, getting regular at bats to see if he can truly perform at his current level consistently.
If Milledge performs to what scouts believed he was capable when he was the Mets number 1 prospect and Garrett Jones continues to slug, this could end up being a very interesting second half and maybe shine some light on hopefully a not so dim future.
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IF Milledge performs well, Tabata continues to hit like he has in AA, and ditto for Alvarez, we will have a tasty little lineup in 2 years.
I'm happy for LaRoche though - I hope he does well in Boston because people here sure were ready to see him go...
I think the defense will suffer over at 1B, actually I know it will...
If we got another Wilson type SS out of the deal, I am happy. We have absolutely no SS in the minors at this point. Our pitching staff needs an above average defensive SS.
Offord, you are right man. Tabata is crushing the ball right now. Do not forget about GORKEYS! Haha
Now, if only we could acquire AMBIORIX CONCEPCION, we would win the world series. Imagine that team(it plays with a rover position, like softball)
LF: Lastings Milledge
LCF: Gorkeys Hernandez
CF: McCutchen
RF: Jose Tabata
3B: Pedro Alvarez
1B: Ambiorix Concepcion
2B: Andy LaRoche
SS: Hanley Ramirez (oh, in my head we traded him for Ian Snell)
Don't sell Snell short. I think we could pull in Hanley AND Uggla for him, maybe Josh Johnson too. Come on, Ian Snell is a surefire Cy Young winner as soon as he leaves. Maybe we could throw in Jack Wilson too to be nice.
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