Nate McLouth has followed the path of just about every other talented players the Pittsburgh Pirates have had lately, when he was traded to the major league Atlanta Braves. The Braves gave the Buccos three minor leaguers (Gorkrys Hernandez, Charlie Morton, Jeff Locke) in exchange for the All Star/Gold Glove centerfielder. Pittsburgh’s GM was quoted as saying the organization got three above average prospects for arguably the best player on their team. Last year the Pirates were involved in a three team trade, whereby the Dodgers got Manny Ramirez, the Red Sox got Jason Bay, and Pittsburgh acquired Andy LaRoche. I sure wish the White Sox GM Kenny Williams had been hanging around with the Pirates GM, we sure could’ve used McLouth, and we had better prospects to include in a deal.
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NL Gold Gloves announced
The NL Gold Glove awards were announced yesterday.
Not a lot of surprises. Maddux won his 18th award in the year he plans to retire. Rollins, Beltran, and somehow David Wright seemed to sneak in there again. Nate McLouth won his first Gold Glove and first Pirate to do so since 1993 when Jay Bell did so.
I admit I’m not familiar with Adrian Gonzalez’ fielding exploits at first base. Is he REALLY all that better than NL competition at his position? Considering who’s out there, I wonder. Except for first base, every NL player who won the Fielding Bible Award, also won a Gold Glove. Albert Pujols won a FBA at first this year.