Pirates Eyeing Joyce, Larish For Wilson

love the idea of larrish and joyce. larrish has power and can probably match laroches avg. joyce is a stud if the pirates can make room

If the Tigers got Wilson i would not give up Joyce. Larrish they can have, I would give Larrish and a mid level SP prospect. Thats all, if they dont like it then move on.

Worst case senario we dont do good this year (assuming we do) and get another high draft pick and get another SP to go with JV, Porcello, Crosby (assuming he pans out) and Gal.

We have our future SS waiting, and just needs a little more time to be a complete MLB SS. So no need to throw away valuable prospects for a stop loss

Larish and a decent SP prospect for Wilson and we can also throw in Ronnie Paulino. If the hold-up is Wilson's salary, the Pirates better eat it quicker than Paulino eats Twinkies.

The Tigers would be stupid to give up Joyce for Wilson period. I can understand Larish - Joyce is the LH power hitting OFer the Tigers have been seeking since Higgy.

It would be smarter to keep the prospects and go after Isturiz and platoon with Santiago. DD simply cannot repeat the same mistake he made last year.

I would hate to see him go in a way, but Larish is honestly expendable right now. Cabrera is in the way at 1st until 2015, and Inge is going to be at 3rd for the next couple years, so he really doesnt have a shot at being a started, just a bench guy. Joyce on the other hand may come in handy this year as the 4th OF if they do trade Thames for some relief help. I dont know what pitcher they would give up in the deal, but it certainly wont be Porcello. They will probably want Marte or Moscoso along with Larish or Joyce.

If it really is possible for the Bucs to get Joyce, they should. I saw a few of his plays last year, and he hustles. Heck, he's got solid defense as well. He is someone they need, especially if they want to end their losing streak. He needs to cut down on his K-rate though, but other than that, he'd look good in LF for them.

Any Pirate fans out there, how is Ronny Paulino as a catcher?

if the Pirates would have drafted Wieters they could use Paulino as a fill in the next year and could deal Doumit at his peak. Doumit could bring a king's ransom this year with all the catching vacancies. But alas they drafted Moskos....

Thanks. Any chance of Paulino being traded?

Dejan is actually a very reliable source for rumors. He doesn't write with an agenda (he's often criticized management in the past for things such as shortcomings in the Dominican). He wasn't the only one to say the Dodgers were talking to the Pirates about Wilson as recently as last week though. There were a lot who heard that and a lot who said they heard otherwise. It'd be interesting to see who was right.

This looks like a disaster waiting to happen in Detroit- even compared to last year's 74-88 debacle. I would rather see the Tigers sign Everett or even Nomar Garciaparra than see this trade go through.

Okay, just read the article... didn't understand this at first. Still, Miner and Thomas sounds good.

"Thanks. Any chance of Paulino being traded?"

Actually, yes.

http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081201&content_id=3696898&vkey=news_pit&fext=.jsp&c_id=pit

In a nutshell, the article mentions Paulino as attracting "some external intrest". I could really see the Pirates trading him.

guapo lets avoid talking about the sped pirates drafting moskas and not wieters

Seriously. Stop bringing up Moskos. The management that made that pick is gone.

"Thanks. Any chance of Paulino being traded?"

Yes. Especially if it means the Pirates can get their hands on Joyce or Larish.

It won't be for Joyce and Larish. One of those two and a pitching prospect.