K Correia to Pirates - 2 years, 4 mil each year

Kind of sad to see Kevin go. His performance tanked after the death of his brother. Hopefully he'll bounce back this year.

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He should be available for minimum wage,

by the All Star break.

by field39 on Dec 6, 2010 9:56 PM PST reply actions

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by Axion on Dec 6, 2010 9:59 PM PST reply actions

Best of luck to him

But $4 mil. a year, geesh.

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by Padres_Hobo on Dec 6, 2010 10:17 PM PST via mobile reply actions

i would have been disappointed if the padres made this deal

Glad it was the Pirates. That said good luck to him. Seems like a great guy. Always liked him and I hope he has a great season.

by SD Jake on Dec 6, 2010 10:17 PM PST via mobile reply actions

Hope he does well there.

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by TheVinylCrocodile on Dec 6, 2010 10:53 PM PST reply actions

I know people will miss him as a person

But, as a player, we can do better. And we can probably do it for cheaper. And we get a draft pick in exchange for his departure.

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by Wonko on Dec 6, 2010 11:46 PM PST reply actions

Is that $8 million gauranteed?

Really?

by Drama on Dec 7, 2010 8:25 AM PST reply actions

8 million seems high,

I hope he lives up to that. I liked Correia, and I have very little dislike for Pittsburgh

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by Boilermaker19 on Dec 7, 2010 8:54 AM PST reply actions

That's $8 million over two years, $4 million per year.

The Padres paid him $4 million last year. A couple of fantasy experts tagged him as a sleeper, a comeback candidate for ‘11. What bothers me is his statement that the Padres didn’t seem too anxious to have him back. I don’t know if he meant Moorad, Jed or Black.

He never got much chance to start regularly with San Frisco, and by the end of ‘10, he was out of the rotation and back in the bullpen, and hadn’t even been mentioned as a starter here for next year. In Pittsburgh, he’ll be part of the rotation, and if he gets back to the way he pitched the second half of ‘09, we may wish we had him back. At least he’s good for a high strikeout rate and 200 innings.

by wegotballsley on Dec 7, 2010 8:58 AM PST reply actions

He's never thrown 200 innings before.

And a career K rate of 6.63 isn’t high.

He lost his job here because he was sucking it up. Maybe it was the personal issues, I don’t know. But what Wonko said above is accurate—we can do better for cheaper, and we got a draft pick.

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by Zach (maestro876) on Dec 7, 2010 9:50 AM PST up reply actions

I have every reason to believe

That Luebke, LeBlanc or both or one of them plus a late season promotion from Castro could outperform Correia next season and they cost 1/10 of the amount that Kevin does. It seems like a no-brainer.

The National League West title was all but a lock,
Then they lost 10 in a row, ‘twas like a punch in the jock!

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by Wonko on Dec 7, 2010 10:53 AM PST up reply actions