Pirates, Yankees agree in principle to 2010 trade of Zach Duke (from sports pickle)
The Pirates, Yankees agree in principle to 2010 trade of Zach Duke
The Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Yankees agreed in principle to a deal today that will send current Pirates rookie pitching phenom Zach Duke to the Yankees before the 2010 trade deadline, months before Duke will be eligible for free agency for the first time.
“We’re very happy to have locked down a deal for Zach now, and hopefully we’ll be able to get a lot of wins out of him between now and then when we can no longer afford to pay him,” said Pirates GM Dave Littlefield. “The young prospects we get from the Yankees will be integral to the rebuilding we’ll be doing in 2010.”
The teams will not determine what prospects the Pirates will receive until 2010, but Littlefield said they will give Pittsburgh fans reason to hope.
“Of course, we will have lost Jason Bay, Oliver Perez, and Jose Castillo due to salary reasons by the time we trade Duke, so we’ll really need an infusion of young talent,” said Littlefield. “And, who knows, if we get some luck between now and then, we may even eek out our first winning season since 1992 before we have to start dismantling our current promising core of young players.”
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