Kevin Gorman

It seems to be that the Pirates try to take guys that are either fresh off the waiver wire or in need of a change of location or something like that.

They're not going to go out and trade good prospects and add $10 million in salary.

That just doesn't sound like the way the Pirates do business to me.

Well, I mean, if you're looking at natural progression, I think Tamar just turned 21.

He's going to be 22 sometime this season.

I would think because of the reputation he had coming in as a guy that was considered a generational hitter coming out of high school,

and been compared to Ken Griffey and Terry Pendleton and Barry Bonds, guys who were former MVPs, in terms of his hitting ability, I think there's probably a market for him.

I think you'd be trading him at his low, though, coming off a season where he was a little bit up and down.

I think the concern with him is his defense right now that they're trying to make him into a guy who can be an everyday second baseman who can also possibly play some shortstop if necessary.

There's some people who project him as possibly, you know, a future right fielder that he could be the kind of guy that could move to the outfield.

But I would think that with Lau being on a one year deal and Gonzalez kind of being up in the air, that Johnson would still be part of the Pirates future future plans.

But I also think he's the type of guy that they might be willing to trade and that somebody is getting a guy who's a top five, top 10 Pirates prospect, that he'd be a guy that would look attractive in a deal.

Yeah, I think we're driving down on Sunday.

I'm actually going to drive down.

Wow.

That's better that way.

Unless you have your own car.

That's the plan.

Myself and Christopher Horner, the trip photographer, are going to go down and hit the ground running and looking forward to getting out of this weather and enjoying some Florida sunshine and seafood.

Thanks for having me, guys.