....blows.

Another experiment on another team's cast-offs gone awry.

Pretty bad , although I'm sure it's tough when you haven't pitched in 12 days. I forgot he was on the team. Apparently Russell did, too.

Hot of the press: Eveland has been DFAed. Two roster additions will be announced this afternoon. Any guesses as to who they will be? Morton? McCutchen? Jackson? Burres? Penn?

Good thing we didn't give up a solid relief prospect for him, right guys?

"Lost in all the great moves made by Neal Huntington...."

Still pining away for Todd Redmond? How many games is he going to win for the Braves?

Oh, that's right, you only appear when you think you are right.

He is right!!! Our GM, who I'm starting to feel more and more neutral about, made this trade, then ran his mouth about how he would be an upgrade for our rotation. The guy had just been released by 2 teams in the past year and was coming off a horrible(and that is being really generous) stretch of games. In addition to claiming him we give up a 22 year old pitcher who Toronto has promptly turned in to a starter who opponents are only hitting .203 against. Now he may never turn in to anything but.....c'mon. This move was ridiculous when it was made and now looks even more ridiculous.

A lot of you guys say "big deal", "blip on the radar", etc. But after all the losing, this is the kind of stuff the media will pick up on. And that's regardless of whether you think that is the media's fault or the Pirates' fault. And once again they are the butt of jokes. This may have been a small change type of move, and yes I know it doesn't mess up the "big picture" rebuilding process. But it's the kind of crap they have to quit doing in my opinion.

Two moves lately should have even the most positive outlookers at least questioning a bit. After hearing the news that Iwamura was going to get released by Tampa but the Pirates feared they could lose him to another team made that trade. If their scouts had done their jobs they wouldn't have felt the need to race to that judgement. And now this Eveland move. Not only make the move but state he would be an upgrade....Ugh.

No argument. Bad move by NH. Possibly inconsequential, time will tell, but bad none the less.

The thing that kills me about this is the "chance" that they gave Eveland. He pitched 2 times for us both times he threw after a very long layoff. Like it would be so difficult for them to throw him out here every 5 days with this rotation. You already traded for him, see if he has anything to offer.

I don't think anyone here expected Eveland to upgrade our rotation. Which is sad because our rotation, as of now, would struggle against my high school team. Obviously NH wasn't going to say Eveland is going to make our rotation worse, but if he didn't really feel like it would be an upgrade why'd he pull the trigger? I really, really, really, hope NH didn't think this move would help the team. I wonder if it was a case of Uviedo wanting out of our system or something like that.

Does the fact that the Blue Jays have converted Uviedo into a starter make the trade that much worse?