Kenny Lofton

[GiveHyzduashot]

In a best case scenario, it's time to pull the deal (everything) off the table. It's clear he doesn't want to be here. If he did, he would have signed with us this weekend or Monday at the latest. But the Pirates' first game is 27 days away, and it'll take him at least two weeks just to get ready --- he won't even be ready to play 9 innings several times a week for a good two or maybe even three weeks after he signs.

Even if he DOES truly WANT to be here (and that I doubt), I'm thinking he may not be the best option anymore. I'm beginning to think it might be time for Mackowiak and Wilson to split the RF duties with Sanders in left and Giles in center.

In a worst case scenario, DL has pulled the major league part of the deal off the table and Lofton will just make the minimum salary with incentives if he makes the team. Nobody else is remotely pursuing him, and nobody has pursued him all spring long. I don't think he should be given a guaranteed $1 million, which was the deal on Friday.

For what it's worth, DL said somewhere recently that there is going to be a time where he wonders if Lofton should be here. He mentioned there will be a time where the deal will be off the table.

[00_Agent]

I was also beginning to wonder if Lofton really wanted to be here myself. You would think he would have signed already. He must not be wanting to play all that badly, because no one else seems to want him. We're basically guaranteeing playing time, and he isn't here, so what are you going to do.

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[3-2 Changeup]

Littlefield has said a hundred times that Mackowiak is going to be the super-sub, not an everyday or even platoon option. So that would make the RF platoon Stairs/Wilson, barring a trade.

I do agree that it is getting to be a distraction. Cut bait on him and drive on.

[BPBlueSox]

Josh, you summed up exactly what I was starting to think about Lofton, too...

[Greymire]

Let him go. I cant see it doing any good now.

[GiveHyzduashot]

This is day number six it has been public information there is a Lofton deal on the table and he still has not decided. I don't want him anymore. I appreciate Sanders' genuine comments and you can sense he does WANT to be here ... meanwhile if Lofton signs and gived the normal cliches about wanting to be here, everybody and their brother will know he is lying and doesn't want to be here. Let him go.