In case you were getting your hopes up...

In case you were getting your hopes up after yesterday's deal for Redman that doubled as a way to make the Casey deal better, Dave Littlefield would like to squash those hopes with the following two sentences:

Two relievers in whom the Pirates have shown a strong interest are Braden Looper and Roberto Hernandez, agent Randy Hendricks confirmed last night.

and

In addition to looking into (Craig) Monroe, the Pirates continue to discuss trading with the Red Sox for Trot Nixon or signing free agent Jacque Jones of the Minnesota Twins.

I think I feel a headache coming on. Looper and Hernandez would be black holes that just suck money from the Pirates, and while Monroe and Trot Nixon would be pretty acceptable, Jacque Jones is just about the worst idea I've heard this week this side of JT Snow.