The Pittsburgh Pirates have reportedly traded shortstop Jack Wilson and pitcher Ian Snellto the Seattle Mariners.
In return Seattle is sending a package of 5 players, headlined by Seattle's top prospect, firstbaseman Jeff Clement who will immediately join the Pirates major league squad. The other players, "shortstop Ronny Cedeno and right-handed pitchers Aaron Pribanic, Brett Lorin and Nathan Adcock" will all be headed to the minor leagues.
The Pirates had been rumored to be shopping Wilson due to financial reasons and Ian Snell has been about as up and down as a pitcher can get.
A fresh start could turn both Wilson and Snell into productive players for the M's and the Pirates certainly got decent value in retun. You could probably make the argument that the Mariners overpaid a bit, but we probably won't have a final verdict on the trade until we see how the prospects sent to Pittsburgh pan out.
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