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Pirates Release Craig Monroe

By Ben Nicholson-Smith [July 1, 2009 at 3:16pm CST]

Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that the Pirates released outfielder Craig Monroe. They designated him for assignment about ten days ago after a disappointing Pirates stint that saw him hit just .215/.287/.354.

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Thank you for that game, Craig.

Posted by: BuccoNation | July 01, 2009 at 03:25 PM

man that's better than than three quarters of the cubs starting lineup! Lets bring him back to chicago!

Posted by: tfsmagCubs | July 01, 2009 at 03:41 PM

He can come back to the Twins and play second base.

He's better than the combined .195/.278/.234 line that Nick Punto, Matt Tolbert, and Alexi Casilla have posted this season.

Blegh.

Posted by: MorneauVP | July 01, 2009 at 03:54 PM

“man that's better than than three quarters of the cubs starting lineup! Lets bring him back to chicago!”

I know you were being sarcastic, but do you want to see something truly pitiful?

-3.1 Batting, -0.7 Fielding, overall -2.9 RAR, -0.3 WAR – 09 Monroe

-6.8 Batting, -3.1 Fielding, overall -1.9 RAR, -0.2 WAR – 09 Soriano
-0.5 Batting, -4.8 Fielding, overall -0.9 RAR, -0.1 WAR – 09 Bradley
-11.6 Batting, -0.8 Fielding, overall -7.1 RAR, -0.7 WAR – 09 Miles

It is almost true :*(

Posted by: SuzysMan | July 01, 2009 at 04:11 PM

Aren't those Jeff Franceour's stats?

Posted by: DKA | July 01, 2009 at 05:31 PM

“Aren't those Jeff Franceour's stats?”

-3.1 Batting, -0.7 Fielding, overall -2.9 RAR, -0.3 WAR – 09 Monroe

-12.0 Batting, -0.1 Fielding, overall -5.6 RAR, -0.6 WAR – 09 Francoeur
-2.7 Batting, -6.4 Fielding, overall -4.8 RAR, -0.5 WAR – 09 Anderson
-8.9 Batting, -2.3 Fielding, overall -3.8 RAR, -0.4 WAR – 09 Schafer

Wow. He has actually been better then one-third of your opening day lineup as well.

Posted by: SuzysMan | July 01, 2009 at 05:57 PM

How can anybody say it's a "disappointing season" when they as well as the Twins played him like every other week. As evidenced by his role on the Tigers, he IS a very powerful player both offensively and defensively when given the opportunity to play DAILY.

Posted by: Denise | July 02, 2009 at 10:07 AM

Well, at least I was at Monroe's only good game with the Bucs.

Posted by: LetsGoBucs921 | July 02, 2009 at 10:26 PM

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