[nickcarraway]

Remind me exactly what they got for those three pitchers?

I don't dislike Kendall, but can you deny is he way overpaid?

[misterrob]

He is over paid, no doubt but the Pirates are paying part of the tab. They picked up in the trades for Hudson and Mulder:

Danny Haren
Kiko Colero
Juan Cruz
Dan Meyer
Daric Barton and someone else I believe.

Look at what Mulder did down the stretch last year and consider that they couldn't resign Hudson for what he could get elsewhere and he came out okay.