Gorzelanny would be very nice. Lefty, good minor league stats. Should be in AAA next year. Insurance for Meyer and for Zito?

Maholm, another decent pitching prospect. LHP.

Bullington could be good.

Duffy looks nice.

Capps...

Pirates have good pitching prospects I guess... they just rush em too fast.

... I expect the Royals to be targeting Van Benschoten and Gorzelanny

I've always heard that Swish is better at first than at RF, at least that is what Wash says.

I like this trade so far.  Funny becuase Andeux suggested getting Wilson on another diary today.

can only afford to find players off of Craigslist, you take the best Craig out there.

but right after the Loaiza signing I guessed that Beane might have decided to pass on all the FA hitters (or figured they weren't interested in the A's), and so signed a SP and intended to trade pitching for a hitter.  If the Wilson deal goes through, it looks like I actually guessed right!

i'm on the beanbag, watching the game, eating pizza, surfing the web with my laptop and wireless internet....i don't ever have to get up....  :) :)

at least it gives us something to talk about during a lull in offseason activities.

I thought you meant OUR Duke hehe.  

Just AMAZING!

hes overhyped.  But for every overhyped player thats a bust you can name 10 that turn out to be superstars.

The last big player that ESPN overhyped was Lebron James.

sorry but that argument doesn't really work.  just because there have been other overhyped players that have turned out to be busts doesn't mean bush will be a bust, one can find anecdotal evidence to support anything.  is bush overhyped?  he's certainly heavily hyped.  
as someone said, the last player to be overhyped by espn was lebron and that turned out okay.  sure he could turn out to be a bust, as could anyone who hasn't yet proven themselves at the professional level.  but i wouldn't bet against it.  this was just one game, maybe white and young outperformed him tonight and his mental error turned out to be quite costly, but a team would have to be crazy to not take bush with the first overall pick.

how is espn setting anyone up for failure, as you say?  there have been draft busts as long as there have been drafts.  

YEAH! Texas wins!!!

(I'm the biggest Texas fan today, a) because I wanted USC to lose, and b) because I was hoping Huston Street would come watch the game with me. Still waiting for him to come over....)

...USC.

I so wanted to say that during the Cal/USC game this year, but never had the chance because the Cal offense never go going and generally sucked.

Now the Pac-10 has a losing record this year in postseason.

how is it disgraceful?  
i despise USC, have no loyalty whatsoever to the pac 10, and don't give a rats ass what the texas coach said about cal last year.
this is an a's fan site, we don't have to like any of the other shitty bay area or california teams...
what next, can we not mock the pathetic raiders on here because they're from oakland?

I'm from Oakland, but I'm a UT alum. Hook em Horns!

for the 4th down call at least.

hot off the press http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06005/632897.stm

from Ben Maller:

Craig Wilson appears to be out of the Pirates' plans. Wilson, 29, plays first and right field, and he is unlikely to be retained as a bench player with a salary in the range of $4 million, which is what he is expected to receive this month. "I really don't know what their plan is," Wilson said last night from his home in California. "I'm hoping to be part of it somewhere." Wilson is coming off a season in which two injuries to his left hand limited him to 59 games. The Pirates have made known their desire to trade him but are believed to have had difficulty generating interest because of his injuries. If Wilson is not dealt, the Pirates are on pace to finish close to their targeted payroll in the upper $40 million range once all players' contracts are completed. As a result, Burnitz's signing probably will be the team's last through free agency.

http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/features/rumors?&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finside r.espn.go.com%2fmlb%2ffeatures%2frumors

just look for Craig Wilson his is in the Jan 4, Wed section.

If you dont have Insider (like me) all you can read is the title which clear states he is slated to go to the Indians.

Torn tissue in knuckle of left middle finger (leading to surgery) in May.  Sounds totally unrelated and merely flukey.

(Littlefield) said he did not intend to trade Craig Wilson, even though Burnitz and Casey would start in right field and first base, Wilson's two positions, and even though Wilson could make $4 million or more next season.

"Whether it's media or fans, everybody has to realize that, if we are going to get better, part of it is having better backups," Littlefield said. "Through ownership, we've been able to increase payroll, so you're going to have the opportunity to have quality backups. Craig brings things that we need. He has power, gets on base and has versatility in the field. To me, that piece makes a lot of sense for us."

but are you talking about the same Craig Wilson.

First off he can never play 2nd base and why would we want him to when we got Scutaro and Perez to play backup.

Secondly Wilson is not a good defensive player. He has a career .988 FP.