Out of the kitchen?

Rowdy links to a Ken Rosenthal article saying that Dave Littlefield has waited too long and asked for too much for Craig Wilson to be traded at any point before the season starts. Normally this would piss me off because it would result in something like Pirates fans having to watch Ty Wigginton at third base or Mark Redman's uncanny ability to turn everyone of his second half starts into Guy Fawkes' Day. This time, however, it's the right thing to do. Wilson's value is low due to his injuries and all the mud he has on him from being dragged through it for several years by our organization. There just isn't much chance that Craig Wilson alone is going to bring a solution to our rotation that's much better than Santos/Duckworth holding a spot until Burnett/Gorzellany are ready (at least not at this point in time). Add that to the fact that he's definitely better than our current right fielder and potentially better than our current first baseman, and I think Craig's a guy that we have to hold on to for a while.