Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Michael Restovich

The Pirates have completed their biggest deal of the season to date (whoopee), sending a PTBNL to the Rockies for 26 year old outfielder Michael Restovich. It's pretty hard to judge a deal on the day it is made, and it's even harder to judge it without knowing what you are giving up....but something in my intuition tells me this is a nice move.

Restovich is not going to be a superstar. But he is exactly the type of player the Pirates should be picking up on the cheap. I don't know a whole lot about Restovich, but my first impression is that he's a lumbering slugger type. Let's say, a Craig Wilson Jr. Maybe he's more athletic than I think. If he can handle LF at PNC, the Pirates should stick him there, put Bay in center, and leave them alone until Craig Wilson comes back. That should give Restovich a solid 100 at bats, which is a good start towards finding out what kind of major league player he might become.

Of course if the PTBNL has the initials ZD, then forget everything I just said.

posted by bkopec @ 10:15 PM   5 comments