Jack Wilson Joins His Pals Doumit and Hansen on DL

Shortstop Jack Wilson's sore middle finger apparently is not healing too quickly, and with Nate McLouth resting his oblique, the Pirates are essentially playing with a 3 man bench. So, today the Bucs placed Wilson on the 15 Day Disabled List and recalled Brian Bixler from AAA-Indianapolis. I would expect Bixler to get the majority of the starts at short, rather than Ramon Vazquez. Bixler played pretty horribly for Pittsburgh last year, but he impressed in Spring Training, so hopefully that will carry over.

Though maybe it doesn't really matter who's in the starting lineup, since the Pirates crushed the Padres last night 10-2, without the services of Wilson, McLouth or Ryan Doumit. Zach Duke dominated on the mound and the Pirates' offense was relentless. 5 different players had at least 2 hits and 6 different players drove in at least 1 run. The Pirates go for the series win this afternoon. It'll be Ross Ohlendorf versus Jake Peavy.