Jason Bay Not a Ray

A nail has just been driven through the coffin of the three-way Manny deal, as Jason Bay has been traded to the Tampa Bay Rays. The Pirates got back quite a haul in return, landing shortstop Reid Brignac and pitcher Jeff Niemann. Niemann should enter the Pirates rotation immediately, and Brignac oughtta be a solid shortstop of the future, that can hit well enough to land him in the middle of the Pirates’ order. Although, giving up Niemann wasn’t very hard for the Rays to do given the surplus of young starting pitchers they already have, unloading Brignac is a different story, by doing so they have put all their trust in Tim Beckham, this year’s number one, as their shortstop of the future.

UPDATE: The second rumored Jason Bay deal thought to be done has fallen through just like the first and it looks as if Bay will stay in Pittsburgh.