The trade for Jason Bay in 2008 that never happened

by PullingGuardGator on Jul 22, 2010 6:27 PM EDT

Who did we offer to Pittsburgh in this tade that fell through? I heard some ham n egger on 1010 am at night(not sure of his name) saying we offered Brignac, Wade Davis, and Hellickson. I find that hard to believe. I can't imagine that we would have thrown away three A prospects like that. I know Brignac was part of the package, but I thought it was only one more player... Thanks in advance for your answer.

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Brignac and Niemann

by jsess813 on Jul 22, 2010 6:30 PM EDT reply actions

Wasn't it reported that one of the reasons the trade never happened was because we refused to include Briggy?

by Dbullsfan on Jul 22, 2010 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Not that I remember.

It was that Boston and LA decided to go through with the 3-way after backing down a couple of times and the Pirates wanted quantity over quality.

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by raysrule44 on Jul 9, 2010 8:37 PM CDT

by Vin on Jul 22, 2010 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions

I remember reading that the RFO thought it was a done deal.

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by Jonah Keri on Jun 19, 2010 10:31 PM EDT

by Doug09 on Jul 22, 2010 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions

According to a former Pirates' exec. Brignac and Niemann was the offer.

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by Tommy Rancel on Jul 22, 2010 7:26 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Would Bay only have been here for 2008?

Or was he under contract through last year?

by PullingGuardGator on Jul 22, 2010 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Last year.

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by P Brady on Jul 22, 2010 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Then I'm glad it didn't go through

We’ll get much more from them than we would have gotten from Bay.

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by sternfan1 on Jun 18, 2010 6:30 AM PDT

by IntrepidX on Jul 22, 2010 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions

Andrew Friedman

Has said that the reports are not entirely accurate. He hasn’t revealed what the actual offer was.

by sstamour on Jul 22, 2010 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions

I actually talked to Friedman that summer right after the trade deadline

I saw him at McDintons in Tampa in August and I thanked him for not trading Niemann and Brignac for Bay and he leaned in and said that BOTH were never offered in a trade to the Pirates. While he didnt divulge what the best offer was, I got the impression it was Niemann OR Brignac plus one or more prospects

by BossmanJunior333 on Jul 23, 2010 2:44 AM EDT reply actions

Doesn't really matter

One or the other still probably would have been better than what the Pirates actually got. But then again, probably good we didn’t make the trade. It’s not like we had a bunch of close games in the playoffs that would have been affected by having one better hitter.

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by Brickhaus on Jul 23, 2010 9:07 AM EDT up reply actions