" Hello everyone I'm ready prerogative not to talk some national league baseball so let's bring in foxsports.com. Baseball analyst Kevin Kennedy and skip the Pirates. Have cut off contract talks which shortstop Jack Wilson and second baseman Freddy Sanchez. Teams -- players and respond a multi year offers they thought were below market value which means. They'll probably -- trade around the deadline which comes on the heels of last month's trade of former All-Star Nate McLouth. Other Pirates always going to be locked in of that rebuilding mode."

" Yeah you know -- try to -- Neal Huntington new group there and John -- the manager the benefit of the doubt it's really about ownership and you know what they what they want to do the Pirates right now as we speak or last place in the central. -- ten games under 500. And academic the playoffs once again and you know they've been in in the mode the last couple years of trading. Good players like Xavier Nady even last series they invaded get a bunch of young guys in return. So far we haven't in those really panned out so much. Nate McLouth is disappointed because they traded him to the Braves know he's an extension a lot of pirate fans somebody released re sign guys like -- it McLeod are going to be there for awhile so. Now as Freddy Sanchez to reveal their team. A couple of times in Israel the league literally hitting before and Jack -- always on the trade block scenes I guess I they're in the rebuilding mode once again with these two guys in. I think both these guys what would welcome -- go to a playoff contending team."

" Skip the Phillies -- bigger Martinez to a one year contract worth more than a million dollars with incentives. Do you think this deal will pay dividends for the Phillies. Well."

" I do because the Phillies are thirteen -- the National League -- pitching even though there have opened up the division now on the one. Though for over nine days now. That's all fine and give the Mets have -- back and they've got open up the division little bit but pitching for the post season is really important Pedro. Did pitch well OWB he actually threw today. I had a steady in Clearwater down their their complex he threw really well. And I think over time Pedro would give them give him a -- some experience down there in the in the starting rotation."

" Finally -- second place team has the best chance to overtake the division leader in the second half."

" Well I think the Chicago Cubs -- which actually mean they're a team that I picked -- go to the World Series that didn't happen this year picked him to win the central. I didn't go out on a limb and say they're going to go to the World Series but it got too much talent. Tell -- where they're at right now they haven't put it altogether Soriano is that a leadoff bodies and in the six spot -- going to keep -- there. Now rich aren't going to -- only a night game supposedly because that's when he pitched his best now so many in day games. -- try to find the right form and are going to take a personal note due to work with Milton Bradley and get his stroke back but the -- to the Cubs as there right now I think they have the best chance."

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