Kendall / Cirillo Trade Collapses



Well, it wasn't exactly A-Rod for Manny, but the nation's obsession with the Jason Kendall/Jeff Cirillo will have to relent. For a while anyway.

"The deal is dead in the water right now," Kendall's agent Jeff Borris told ESPN Insider Jerry Crasnick.

Borris declined to specify on why talks have stalled. Pirates general manager Dave Littlefield declined to comment.

This is at least the fourth time since last summer the Padres and Pirates have negotiated a possible Kendall trade and, as of Monday, the two sides had a deal in principle. The Pirates were so convinced a deal was near, they had a press release announcing the trade already prepared.

Hmmm. Here's a possible reason : Jeff Cirillo sucks, and perhaps saving tens of millions of dollars isn't enough money for the Pirates to in good conscience, pretend the guy deserves a roster spot. That's probably not the reason the trade has stalled, but it would make as much sense as anything else.

Posted: Tue - January 13, 2004 at 05:47 PM      

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