Got swept, no game, sign Wood

The Pirates showed some offense last night with a big night from long dormant Pedro Alvarez including a deep blast. Josh Rodriguiez also got his first Pirate hit, and then added an RBI by taking a pitch off his backside, and then was let go. Nice way to spend the evening for him. McDonald is showing why the Dodgers got rid of him. 8 runs in 3 innings is not good.

Tonight's game is off and will be made up on Monday, which might be bad since Alvarez had just come off his best night of the season.

The big news is that Rodriguiz is gone. Pedro Ciriaco is called up to replace him. Not a bad move, but then the Pirates claimed Brandon Wood. Wood played 81 games last year and was awful for the angels, but once was the 3rd overall prospect in the majors in 06. BucsDugout guys had a good reason to think all that power he showed was a joke. I tend to agree. But, I also am not going to complain about this move. Cedano is not the answer, clearly. Rodriguiz looked shaky. The Pirates just need a plug until next year, maybe only until September when they might could call up D'Arnaud. At worst until mid next year when they could bring D'Arnaud up safely. The guys you have are not working, try something new. It is not like Wood's .146 average is much worse than Cedano's .179 average.

Who will go down has been the big question. Most people seem to be assuming that it will be Ciriaco, but I believe it will be Steven Pearce. Pearce has an option left and Wood can play third, so that covers the back up 3rd problem. They just called up Ciriaco. Look for him to stay, and Cedano to lose lots of time at short. Ciriaco can play third to if need be.

Worth watching to see what happens.