The Braves are blaming the Pirates for being sticks in the mud when it came down a deal that would have sent Mike Gonzalez to the Braves for Adam LaRoche. This would have been a nice deal while it happened and the Pirates are denying the Braves claim although I tend to think someone botched something here. Damn shame too because LaRoche would have been a nice power bat to have in the lineup to help out Jason Bay.
The only thing that happened for the Pirates during the Winter Meetings was they scooped up Braves pitcher Sean White in the Rule 5 draft and sold him to the Mariners. Yippee.
