McLouth Traded because he roots for Red Wings

The Pirates best/m88ost marketable player over the past 2 seasons is now gone..
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For 3 minor league players.

1. Charlie Morton- a 6'4 right handed power pitcher on AAA. 7-2 with just about a 2 1/2 ERA
2. Gorkskys Hernandez- a 21 year old outfielder with phenomenal speed. Assigned to AA Altoona
3. Jeff Locke- a 21 year old crafty lefty with great control.. non factor. Wouldnt even call him a prospect.
   

Well i mean this is an obvious deal for the future.
We aren't winning in the next 3 years. Thats a fact. With our without McLouth, we were not going to win.
Gorkskys is Nate in a nut shell... Just with more speed and 6 years younger. He is expected to hit home runs so we will see.
Instead of the McLouth, McCutchen, Tabata outfield it looks like it will be Gorkskys in left, McCutchen is Center, and Tabata in right in a few years.

Charlie Morton.. the only player that will be in the majors any time soon. Possibly as soon as 2 weeks when Snell drops another 2 decisions. He has power with decent control. There is a decent ceiling for him, probably will be our #3 starter opening day next year behind Maholm and Duke. There was noone who could step into the majors and pitch anytime soon. No not even you Virgil Vasquez. You still suck.

Jeff Locke.. a 21 year old high A player. He was drafted 3 years ago.. only in A??
This seems like there is a case where Huntington just said we need 3 players, and took whatever they threw him. If you have already been in the league 3 years and only made it to A ball, where your stats this year are still terrible? Forget about him. He is a non-factor in this trade. 1-4 with a 5.52 ERA. in A? Who are you Daniel Moskos?

Overall-- This is a tough trade to swallow at the point, just because Nate was such a great person/player as Coonley and Huntington both reinterated since the trade has been processed.

Our Projected 2012 Lineup:

C- Ryan Doumit*
1B- ?????*
2B- Andy LaRoche/Shelby Ford*
3B- Alvarez
SS- Jim Megrych/Jack Wilson-- No Bixler.. Jus Leave
LF- Gorkskys Hernandez
CF- Andrew McCutchen
RF-Jose Tabata

*Andy LaRoche platoons, Doumit goes to first, We catch Jaramillo or Diaz

Bench:
Neil Walker
Jaramillo/Diaz
Brandon Moss
Nyjer Morgan--probably will be traded/let go
Delwyn Young

Rotation:
1. Paul Maholm
2. Zach Duke
3. Bryan Morris
4. Brad Lincoln
5. Ross Ohlendorf

Bullpen:
-Jeff Karstens
-Craig Hansen
-Donnie Veal
- Sean Burnett
-Matt Capps
- Donnie Veal
-Daniel McCutchen


We Just Don't Know right now...
Hopefully Huntington is a Boss, or this will go down as bad as the Aramis Deal. Maybe not that bad, but very very close to it.