Dmitri Young, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and Other Players to Look At

I thought that the Pittsburgh Pirates had hit rock bottom when they signed Clint Barmes to a two year, $10.5 million deal this offseason. He is coming off a year in which he hit .244, only played 123 games, hit 12 HR’s and stole 3 bases, and struck out more than twice as often as he walked. Aside from an uncharacteristic season in 2008 in which he hit .290, the 33 year old Barmes has hit below .245 in six of the last seven seasons including .220 in 2006. That’s Mark Reynolds territory minus the power. At an average of $5.25 million per year this would have made Barmes the third highest paid player on the Pirates last season. Yep, that’s the Pirates big time free agent. Just when I don’t think that I couldn get any more disgruntled/disappointed/shocked at who they sign I read that the Pirates are going to work out Dmitri Young next week. We are now in Tonya Harding having one of her henchmen beat up Nancy Kerrigan levels of low. Sure they are only going to wor...