Williams to pitch for Fogg?

Dave Williams might start for Josh Fogg today because of what's being called an inner ear infection according to Paul Meyer's Pirates notebook this morning in the PG. Wouldn't look too much into this, these two are just about carbon copies from opposite sides of the mound so not a big deal, unless Fogg's ear thing is serious.

Smizik again rips into Littlefield today for his talent analysis. He seems to think that the organization would be better off with two more fat, big hit, no field first base prospects. Chris Shelton, who's with the Tigers, is a Craig Wilson clone. Walter Young, who's with the Orioles, is 6'5" weighing in at 300 pounds. If you thought watching Daryle Ward play first was an adventure, I can only imagine what watching this guy play first must be like. He sounds like Calvin Pickering, someone that kills minor league pitching, but will have trouble in the majors. With the presence of Craig Wilson, Daryle Ward, and Brad Eldred I can't imagine how these two would strengthen the future of this organization. The other people he mentions are all middle relief prospects. One guy might close for the Brewers. Because we don't have middle relief prospects in Pittsburgh. Trading for Bay and Perez and keeping Gonzalez and getting Sanchez in the Boston trade more than makes up. The "look at who we protected" point is a decent one, but evaluating prospects is mostly grasping straws. If the Padres thought Jason Bay was going to be healthy and Perez would throw strikes, we would've never seen them. There's a lot about these guys we got rid of that Littlefield knows and we don't. Smizik is again reaching out for something when he clearly doesn't know the whole story, trying to find everything to blame for the Pirates failure except the obvious. I really shouldn't let someone so stupid get to me.