This will probably only make you angrier

I missed this earlier, but Dejan had a post-winter meeting article in the PG today. He tells us what we can look forward to from here on out. There's one positive name: One of the Pirates' alternatives could be Los Angeles Angels first baseman Casey Kotchman.

The teams are not an easy match for a trade because the Angels' priority is adding a power bat, but general manager Bill Stoneman always is happy to take pitching.

Although the "teams are not an easy match" thing can't make anyone positive that we're going to go anywhere on that front.

Moving along from there, we learn that Dave Littlefield is thinking about trading for John Lieber. As in, giving up a player in order to get John Lieber in return. Lieber will be 37 next year. Ugh.