Edwin Jackson Likely To Sign One-Year Deal

I stumbled across this post this morning that talks about how Edwin Jackson is now likely to sign a one-year deal. At the beginning of the offseason he was looking for big money in a long term contract, but since he's apparently not going to get that, he's going to settle for a short stay somewhere where he can put up good numbers and get his big money next offseason.

This is almost surely bad news for the Pirates. Chances are the Pirates never had any serious interest in the first place, and we who are writing about him are just chasing wind. However, even if the Pirates did have interest in him, it would have been interest in the form of a long-term deal. The Pirates are not going to spend that kind of money for a one-year deal. I'm sure management realizes that the Pirates chances of competing this year are slim. If they added Jackson, their chances could actually be pretty decent. However, a small market team like the Pirates just can't afford to spend big money on a player that they only get one year of service out of, especially when they don't have the other necessary pieces in place to make a serious run at things.

I'm not saying that the Pirates can't make a run this year, I think they could make some noise if everything goes right. However, the risk of signing Jackson certainly isn't worth the chances it adds to the Pirates playoff hopes. The signing just would not be right at this point in time. If they could get him for a multi-year deal, that's a different story, I think that could actually be a really good deal for the Pirates, but that looks to be out of the window now.