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The Pirates have traded center fielder Nate McLouth to the Atlanta Braves tonight, according to two sources, but there is no immediate word on the return.
Details to come.
UPDATE 6:56 p.m.: The return is three prospects, according to one source. One of those might be elite pitching prospect Tommy Hanson. That is not confirmed. Hanson, 22, was ranked the No. 4 prospect in all of Major League Baseball by Baseball America entering this season.
7:04 p.m.: It is not Hanson. Doubly confirmed, on the Atlanta and Pittsburgh ends, that it is not Hanson. But no one is saying who the players are just yet. What I have heard is that the Pirates were not even remotely shopping McLouth, but that Atlanta, which very much was seeking an outfielder, came to them with an offer they could not refuse.
thank god