This is bad news

I know that I always say I'm trying not to get worked up over things I read on Pirates.com, but once again the site has my blood boiling:

With Doumit able to step in behind Nady, 2007 Minor League standout Steve Pearce seems to be the odd man out of the Pirates' roster equation. While Pearce's bat would certainly be an asset off the bench, consistent playing time at the Minor League level is going to be more critical than periodic at-bats in the Majors.

"In a perfect world, Steve deserves a chance to win an everyday job at the Major League level, but with Xavier, with Jason, with Adam [LaRoche], we're not in a position to give that to him," Huntington said. "He's not going to want to hear this, but a young player needs to continue to play, and as a result, Steve will probably end up back in [Triple-A] Indianapolis where he can play every day and develop."

No no no no no no no. Pearce destroyed minor league pitching last year because the old front office promoted him slowly. Pearce will be 25 next year. That's too old for any serious prospect to be in AAA, let alone one who slugged .622 across the minors last year. Nady will be 29 and we know his ceiling isn't very high. LaRoche will be 29 and there's reason to believe his ceiling isn't much higher than Nady's. Keeping Pearce in AAA for any considerable amount of time ensures that we'll know almost nothing about how he'll hit in the majors until he's 26 while we'll spend this year watching players that we already know won't be able to help us considerably in the long run. Trade LaRoche (I'm serious, I don't know how much long term value he has to us), cut or trade Nady, do what you have to do, but don't start Pearce in AAA.