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Pirates TRADES here, Get your trades!!!!
As promised, I shopped all three pitchers around and got a LOT of interest in P Burdi. No interest in Gant or Wisler -so they are on waivers waiting to go to minors (please, please, please, refuse the minors assignment!!)
1) Nick Burdi got a fair amount of attention, especially from NL teams - who I'm not crazy about dealing with for revenge purposes. So my scouting staff picked up on Houston's offer, P Framber Valdez is only 25 y/o and looking like a possible swingman between starter and long reliever, since he's young there is no hurry to force the issue there.
2) Boston's GM put RP Ryan Basier on the trade block, so I went and kicked the tires, asking BOS what they wanted for him, there was a lot, but when I saw a chance to flip SP Wilmer Font for him - I JUMPED at it, RP Basier has a ton more control and movement than Font does, so its a no brainer!
I'm feeling a lot better about our pitching, especially with Joe Musgrove coming off IL and it gives Framber Valdez a back end rotation spot for him to audition while Shoemaker heals.
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