Pirates Trades (Grabow, Gorzelanny)

[Coach]

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Not by me.
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Ditto. I was psyched about Lofton, but I had a feeling Ramirez was going to be the jewel of that trade.
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Absolutely.
Lofton was a one year rental to replacement Patterson, but A-Ram was a promising young 3rd baseman.
I was worried about his defense though.