Q&A

Today's Q&A, in which Dejan attempts to reason why there's been a sudden change in Lloyd's philosophy with playing young players, tries to make a decent case as to why Bobby Hill has been sent down, discusses third base and catcher, talks about trades, realignment, Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh's identity as a baseball town, the dearth of good young players in Bucs Minors, and reveals his readers' Mr. Burns complex. If that kind of stuff interests you, click away.

There's not much here that hasn't been discussed and is still worth discussing, though I find the statement that the Pirates intend to send Restovich to winter ball because they don't have many other right-handed power prospects kind of alarming. We know Littlefield likes Restovich (he was discussed as a possible return for Benson with the Twins last year), but I really haven't seen anything to suggest that he's more than Ty Wigginton in outfielder form. He's struck out a lot, played subpar defense, and not shown much power since his arrival here. His best game with us might be the game where he walked three times against the Mets. That's not encouraging.