Chris Snyder to have back surgery

The prognosis on Chris Snyder's back injury is not good: he has a herniated disc, needs surgery, and won't return for at least a month and possibly more (Rob Biertempfel said earlier today his season is in "limbo"). That leaves the Pirates' catching situation looking like this: Ryan Doumit is out with an ankle injury that will keep him on the shelf until sometime in July. Snyder is out until late July or August at the least with his back problems. Jason Jaramillo is out with an elbow problem for at least a "couple weeks." The Pirates now have a Major League catching tandem of Dusty and Wyatt, which I've seen people suggest may be a tandem of inept deputies in a John Wayne movie or perhaps a country music duo. No one has suggested to me that they're Major League catchers. Pretty much everyone's reaction to this news is that the Pirates need to trade for a catcher. Clint Hurdle, in Biertempfel's article linked above, suggests that ...