Chan Ho Park?

The Pirates lost another baseball game today and in turn lost another series to the Cincinnati Reds. Andrew McCutchen, Jeff Clement and Pedro Alvarez both homered in the game to put up all 3 of the Pirates runs. We know for sure that McCutchen and Alvarez will be a big part of the Pirates future, but because of events earlier in the year it was doubtful that Clement would factor in. However, after some swing-tweaking in AAA he was back to mashing the ball and earned another call up. Since that call up he has 2 home runs and a single in 5 at bats. Might be luck, but it could be the start of a comeback for Jeff Clement. He could definitely still be a major part of the 2011 Pirates and help us down the road.

In other news, the Pirates DFA'd Steven Jackson and claimed Chan Ho Park off of waivers, which is pretty laughable.



My guess is that the claiming of Park was just a short term remedy for the amazingly young, mediocre, and inexperienced Pirates bullpen that we now have after the trades of Lopez, Dotel, and Carrasco. Park is 37 years old and isn't much to write home about. So far this season Park has an ERA of 5.60 in 35.1 innings with 7.4 K/9.

So that means that Park will be the Pirates oldest player, by about 75 years. Can you think of any 2 players that are more different than Andrew McCutchen and Chan Ho Park? I can't, should be nothing short of interesting to watch Park work in a Pirates uniform.

Tomorrow will be interesting as James McDonald, the newest "Mc" in town, makes his Pirates debut against the Colorado Rockies.