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The Pirates have traded minor-league infielder and former Pitt baseball star Jim Negrych to the Marlins for minor-league catcher Carlos Paulino. Negrych believed he deserved a spot with Class AAA Indianapolis, but the Pirates have a number of infielders they like better at that level, so they're doing something nice for Negrych by allowing him to continue his career somewhere else.
Negrych, 26, has a .301 career minor-league batting average and a .379 on-base percentage, but that's about all he's got - he doesn't have much power, and he has a reputation for being a butcher with the glove. He probably does deserve a shot in Class AAA somewhere, but he isn't likely to ever have much of a major-league career, because his bat isn't good enough to offset his ugly fielding.
Paulino, 21, appears to be an awful hitter and won't do anything more than provide minor-league depth. It looks like the Pirates have plenty of catching for their Class A teams, so it isn't clear where he'll go.
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Edited by Charlie Wilmoth
Charlie was born and raised in Wheeling, about fifty miles southwest of Pittsburgh. For the last five years, he has been the author of the Pirates blog Bucs Dugout. He has a doctoral degree in music composition from the University of California, San Diego, and he... See my profile
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