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Review of Worst moves by Pirates
1. Not signing Steven Drew. (Idiot)
2. Ruining the careers of JJ. Davis, Brad Eldred, Sean Burnett, Zach Duke, John VanBenschoten, Jose Bautista, Chris Duffy, Chris Benson,
3. Having the most *** facility in the Dominican.
4. Trading Aramis Ramirez for Jose Hernandez and minor league pitcher Matt Bruback and Bobby Hill.
5. Trading Leo Nunez for Benito Santiago.
6. Trading David Ross for J.J. Furnmaniak.
7. Trading Raja Davis for Matt Morris and his 10 million dollar salary.
8. Trading Jason Schmidt for Armandio Rios and Ryan Vogelsong.
9. Trading Jason Kendall for Mark Redman and Arthur Rhodes.
10. Trading Jon Lieber to Cubs for Brant Brown.
11. Trading Oliver Perez and Roberto Hernandez to the Mets for Xavier Nady when the Pirates already had enough outfielders.
12. Trading Chris Young for Matt Herges
13. Trading Kris Benson and Jeff Keppinger to the Mets for Ty Wigginton and Jose Bautista (who was let go in the rule 5 draft).
14. Signing Sean Casey ($8.5 million), Jeromy Burnitz ($6.7 million with buyout), Kip Wells ($4.15 million), Joe Randa ($4 million) and Jose Hernandez ($850,000), Derek Bell ($5.00 million), Raul Mondesi, Pat Meares, Kevin Young, Tony Armas Jr.
15. Designated Matt Guerrier who was claimed by Minnesota and pitcher Duaner who was Sanchez by Los Angeles.
16. Picking JJ.Davis over Lance Berkman.
17. Picking Clint Johnson over C.C. Sabathia, Mark Prior, Brad Lidge,
18. Picking Bobby Bradley over Barry Zito, Ben Sheets, Brett Myers, and Alexis Rios.
19. Picking and then turning John Van Benschoten, the NCAA record-setting HR hitter for Kent State over Bobby Crosby, Jeremy Bonderman, and David Wright.
20. Picking Bryan Bullington over BJ Upton, Prince Fielder, Jeremy Hermida, Scott Kazmir, Nick Swisher, Jeff Francoeur.
21. Picking Brad Lincoln over Andrew Miller, Clayton Kershaw, Tim Lincecum, Ian Kennedy, and Joba Chamberlain.
22. Last but not least not protecting and losing the following players in the 2003 rule 5 draft: Chris Shelton, Jose Bautista, Frank Brooks, Jeff Bennett, Rich Thompson.
You could not have built a better case for your premise! Pittsburgh's motto; Get a good young prospect. Groom him. Trade him. Lose. Repeat the cycle over and over and over... It's sad, but true...Never the less, we hope against hope one losing season after another...Go Bucs!!
