JD Durbin was plucked off the wire today by the Diamondbacks. He sports an impressive 8.14 K/9, 1.31 WHIP, 47-22 record, and 0.64 HR/9 in his seven year minor league record. He was drafted in the second round by the Twins out of high school so at 25, so he has yet to see his prime.
The Pirates should call the Twins and make a deal in the two-day window to get him because Durbin would be a nice addition to the 40-man over Rajai Davis.
Losing Durbin would be a huge loss, imo, unless the Pirates are after Rosario. But in either case, they should go after Durbin and put him back on the wire if they do get Rosario, or let Nyjer Morgan hit the wire instead.
Has Brendan Harris been put on the wire yet? Lots of possible opportunities this year.
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Kolb was released today.
Yawn.
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Pirates picked higher than 5th by a member of the media? Yep – Kevin Kernan with the National Enquirer New York Post tabloid [link]. Remember him? Yep, he’s the reporter who talked about vaporizing garbage after talking about an email he got from Anna Benson [link].
Yawn.
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How about this post from "Hap’s: Pittsburgh Pirates" at Baseball Toaster:
"I make cookies out of just the stuff I have at hand. You know, I’ll use like a bunch of flour, one egg, a little baking powder, and then a whole bottle of vanilla because I’m running low on sugar. Even if I manage to hit upon a combination that keeps the dough together, and then I manage not to burn everything to a crisp in the oven, the results always end up tasting a little peculiar. As you can imagine. I mean, I’ll eat them. You don’t want to know what I’ll eat come the 28th, the 29th. But even if they turn out the best leftover scrap cookies I’ve ever made, they’re still not going to be in the same league as the store-bought oatmeal raisin delicacies my sister sent me for my birthday last month.
And that’s the Pirates. They’re making a team out of cheap scraps, and even in event that no one gets hurt and everyone plays out of their minds, their ceiling is low." [link]
Wow. And he actually took all that time to write that.
Yawn.
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