The Pirates are making one more effort to shore up their rotation and they’ve apparantly made an offer to Brian Lawrence. The right handed starter missed all of 2006 because of a shoulder injury but prior to that, he’s been a good but not great innings eater for the Padres. On the Pirates, he’d probably be in the middle of the rotation though and it was expected that Lawrence would be ready for spring training.
This would definitely be one of those wild card signings. You’d hope we wouldn’t throw too much money at him so if he worked out and was fully recovered, then we’d have a bargain. And if he hasn’t come back from the injured shoulder, the Pirates wouldn’t have to eat too much money in the process.
Apparantly, the Pirates have also made an offer to relief pitcher Tomo Ohka. It’s nice that the Pirates are finally getting into the hot stove mix. Yes, I’m being sarcastic.
