Maholm for Hawpe?

Holy freaking crap, there's some Pirate news to talk about. Rotoworld is relaying the rumor in from Denver that the Pirates and Rockies are discussing a Paul Maholm for Brad Hawpe trade (the Rocky Mountain News article is here). Hawpe put up a .293/.383/.515 line with 22 HR and 84 RBIs in 499 ABs last year, so we could likely suspect something similar in Pittsburgh since he's a lefty. He played some first base in the low minors but has been a right fielder for a few years now. He had two years in the minors in which he absolutely raked at the plate, 2002 in high class A Salem in which he OPS'd 1.034 and was named league MVP and 2004 in offense friendly AAA Colorado Springs where he slugged .652 in 92 games before a call-up to Colorado. I would guess that a guy like Hawpe is the ceiling for a straight-up Maholm deal, though Rotoworld relays that the Rockies want more and the Pirates may be willing to part with Gorzellany instead of Maholm to make this trade happen. I hope it doesn't come to that. Hawpe's Baseball Cube page is here.