Pirates acquire Delwyn Young from the Dodgers

12:04am - Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 by DePaoli

TIOPS contributor and baseball insider John Perrotto of piratesreport.com has learned, the Pittsburgh Pirates have acquired acquired outfielder Delwyn Young in a trade from the Los Angeles Dodgers for two players to be named.

The switch-hitting Young, 26, batted .246 in 83 games for the Dodgers last season and will likely replace infielder Luis Cruiz on the roster, according to Perrotto.

Young can also play

second base. Perrotto tells me he doesn't expect the Pirates to "cut bait" with outfielder Craig Monroe just yet.

More details to come in the morning

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Blake

Nice

04/15/2009 2:29am

Jay32600

Might this signal another move at some point with a current MLB outfielder on the roster?

04/15/2009 2:37am

mwalluk

Interesting. At least this "organization" and I use that term losely, is actually doing something.

04/15/2009 7:13am

mwalluk

ANy idea of the two un-named players?

04/15/2009 7:14am

beerman

interseting move, another right handed bat...Monroe hasn't gotten a shot yet but he led the team home runs in the spring so I hope they cut him loose..Cruz is taking up space, dump him

04/15/2009 11:25am

beerman

don't cut Monroe is what i meant

04/15/2009 11:26am

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Rather would have traded for a 3B

04/15/2009 12:41pm

mwalluk

Could be in the cards, what underachieving overpriced vet can we bring in?

04/15/2009 2:09pm

mwalluk

Or we can trade mclouth for someone's younger, less talented brother?