Neil Huntington found a way to get something for Matt Diaz, pretty incredible.
Diaz has been shipped back to Atlanta for a player to be named later. That is better than outright losing him for nothing, and he certainly didn't do much to help the team this year.
After posting a .305/.353/.461 triple-slash line in five seasons with Atlanta, he hit .259/.303/.324 in Pittsburgh. That just doesn't make sense. We're already past the curious stage with these free agents the Pirates keep signing, none of them ever play well and they don't stay with the team past August. Lyle Overbay was the other absolutely worthless free agent signing of the Pirates this year, and in years past we have seen Craig Monroe, Eric Hinkse, Ramon Vasquez, Jeromy Burnitz, and a few others do absolutely nothing in a Pirate uniform after previously having successful major league careers. Is it that the players aren't motivated to try very hard in Pittsburgh? I don't know really see how th...
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