Depressing news update #2- Salomon Torres

Consistently in the past five years, there has never been a Pirate that loved being a Pirate more than Salomon Torres. Getting a second chance from a franchise when a league has left you for dead will do that to a person. Whenever the trade rumors inevitably swirl around him in July, he always says he loves being a Pirate and doesn't want to leave.

Well, that's all changed now. Not surprisingly, Torres was very offended when we didn't use his baseball academy in the Dominican (that was a stupid thing for us to do, I can't even put into words how stupid it was) and he filed a grievance in the spring over it. Now he feels that his slow rehab is payback for that grievance. If it is, well, you've seen the bullpen. I can't explain how incredibly pathetic it would be to carry out a grudge in a way that has hurt the team so badly. Hidden somewhere in this story is a lesson to all ballplayers to not negotiate with idiot jackasses like Dave Littlefield without an agent.

Anyways, we've been looking for a guy the Pirates can deal at the deadline, and I suppose we have one now. Assuming that Torres' poor performance this year was linked to his arm troubles, he's gotta be the type of guy that some team would like to have for a stretch run.