Milledge-Morgan deal goes down

[sakata_catching]

Nats and Pirates have agreed in principle to a trade that sends Lastings Milledge and Joel Hanrahan to Pittsburgh for Nyjer Morgan and Sean Burnett.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09181/980813-100.stm

[blueberryale77]

Pirates management never ceases to amaze me with their ineptitude. Good luck to them!

[QBsILLEST1]

I dont think that thats too bad of a deal....I wouldnt mind having Milledge, Sean Burnett for him straight up would be fairly even though Id rather have Burnett, and Hanrahan for Morgan is pretty even as well, slight edge goes to WAS because the players they got are slightly better, but its not a wash and Milledge could turn out to be pretty good....

[sakata_catching]

Pirates management never ceases to amaze me with their ineptitude. Good luck to them!

You must really dislike Milledge if you think the Nats got the better end of this deal.

[rolliefingers]

You must really dislike Milledge if you think the Nats got the better end of this deal.

Haven't discussed this with Blue, but I think it's that, plus Morgan's extreme scrappiness and underdoggitude.

[rolliefingers]

After looking at the other two players, I've changed my opinion of this trade.

It's even a bigger steal for the Pirates than I thought.

[sakata_catching]

After looking at the other two players, I've changed my opinion of this trade.

It's even a bigger steal for the Pirates than I thought.

Word. Gaudy defensive metrics aside, NyjMo is nothing more than Gary Pettis redux (and a 29 year old rookie, to boot), and Burnett has pretty much hit his peak as a LOOGY. A big win for the Pirates.

Still, the trade is being treated fairly coolly here. Morgan was a fan favorite, and Milledge is being painted as some unholy marriage of Tupac, Pacman Jones and Atilla the Hun (it would seem some have confused Milledge with Elijah Dukes). This in a town where Santonio Holmes and James Harrison can do no wrong.

[Big Mac]

Word. Gaudy defensive metrics aside, NyjMo is nothing more than Gary Pettis redux (and a 29 year old rookie, to boot), and Burnett has pretty much hit his peak as a LOOGY. A big win for the Pirates.

Still, the trade is being treated fairly coolly here. Morgan was a fan favorite, and Milledge is being painted as some unholy marriage of Tupac, Pacman Jones and Atilla the Hun (it would seem some have confused Milledge with Elijah Dukes). This in a town where Santonio Holmes and James Harrison can do no wrong.

Yeah, Milledge gets a bad rap all over for seemingly no reason.

He needed to get out of Washington, the Nats pretty much set him up to fail.