Wilson, Snell dealt to Mariners

[Ellsy]

Pirates trade: SS Jack Wilson, RHP Ian Snell

Mariners trade: SS Ronny Cedeno, 1B Jeff Clement, RHP Aaron Pribanic, Brett Lorin and Nathan Adcock

 

The Pittsburgh Pirates have dealt shortstop Jack Wilson and right-handed pitcher Ian Snell to the Seattle Mariners for shortstop Ronny Cedeno, first baseman Jeff Clement, and right-handed pitching prospects Aaron Pribanic, Brett Lorin and Nathan Adcock, the Pirates announced Wednesday.

 

The team said Cedeno will report directly to the Pirates, while Clement is headed to Triple-A Indianapolis and Pribanic, Lorin and Adcock are being assigned to Class A teams.

 

Clement, Seattle's first-round pick and the third overall selection in the 2005 draft, was hitting .288 with 33 doubles, 14 home runs, 68 RBIs and 65 runs scored at Triple-A Tacoma in the Pacific Coast League.

 

"Our scouts have consistently projected Clement to be an everyday major league contributor with the power to hit 20-plus home runs," Pirates GM Neal Huntington said.

 

Wilson, who was the Pirates' longest-tenured player, is hitting .267 with four home runs and 31 RBIs.

 

The Mariners made the trade for Wilson perhaps thinking about making the team better for 2010, as well as 2009. The shortstop has a contractual option for next season, for $8.4 million, and it may be that the Mariners will choose to exercise that option -- something that the Pirates were not going to do.

 

"This was an opportunity for us to acquire a veteran shortstop, a former All-Star player, with leadership qualities and above-average defensive skills," Mariners general manager Jack Zdurienick said. "As we move forward over the next few years it is nice to know that we have solidified the shortstop position."

 

The Mariners also think Snell can restart his stalled career. The 27-year-old Snell had a 0.96 ERA in six starts with Triple-A Indianapolis, after starting the season 2-8 with a 5.36 ERA in 15 starts for Pittsburgh.

 

Zdurienick called Snell "a talented pitcher with major league experience who now has an opportunity restart his career after a very successful reassignment in Indianapolis."

 

Seattle had acquired Cedeno in the offseason from the Chicago Cubs. He struggled after the Mariners gave him their shortstop job this month by trading Yuniesky Betancourt to Kansas City. Cedeno is hitless in his last 26 at-bats and is batting .167 in 59 games. The 26-year-old's contract ends after this season.

 

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And the fire-sale Pirates live on.

[Keeper]

Freddy Sanchez has got to be next.

[witty_alias]

the Pirates...oh the the Pirates, they are like the Wal-Mart of MLB. If you are looking for something you need you should shop there. Decent talent at a resonable price should be their moto

[WhiskeyBreath]

This is a good move for Pitt.

[TheKilo]

Freddy Sanchez has got to be next.

 

Dealt to SF for a minor leaguer, Sox pre-game has it as Tim Alderson, AAA pitcher.

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

Poor Tim.

[Cocos Disciples]

Alderson projects to be a pretty solid starter from what I've read. I'd call it a good return.

[Cocos Disciples]

So, this season:

 

Pirates trade

Nate McLouth

Nyjer Morgan

Sean Burnett

Adam LaRoche

Ian Snell

Jack Wilson

Freddy Sanchez

 

Pirates get

Delwyn Young

Gorkys Hernandez

Charlie Morton

Jeff Locke

Lastings Milledge

Joel Hanrahan

Argenis Diaz

Hunter Strickland

Jeff Clement

Ronny Cedeno

Tim Alderson

 

That's in four months.

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

Alderson projects to be a pretty solid starter from what I've read. I'd call it a good return.

But he has go to Pittsburgh.

[Cocos Disciples]

He'll be elsewhere by 2012.

[Keeper]

the Pirates...oh the the Pirates' date=' they are like the Wal-Mart of MLB. If you are looking for something you need you should shop there. Decent talent at a resonable price should be their moto[/quote']

 

QFT. The Giants are really making a run at the playoffs. Too bad Randy Johnson is out.

[ryan32]

We raped this trade