Left field belongs to 24-year old righty swinging Lastings Milledge. Milledge played in 58 games for the Pirates last season after coming over from the Nationals in the Nyjer Morgan trade. Milledge was 64 of 220 (.291 avg, .729 OPS) with 20 runs scored, 4 homers, 20 RBIs and 6 stolen bases for the Pirates. Milledge has a huge upside and this is likely the year he gets to it if he remains focused and motivated. Milledge didn’t make any errors in 56 games in LF last season while showing good range. Milledge also has a strong arm as he had 6 assists out of LF last year. The sky is the limit for Milledge.

31-year old lefty swinging Ryan Church will likely be the Pirates’ #4 outfielder in 2010. He didn’t play any games in LF last season but he has a lot of experience there so he will likely get some P.T. there.

26-year old lefty swinging Brandon Moss is a natural RF but he can play LF too if needed. Moss made 1 error in 21 games in LF last season while showing outstanding range. Moss also had 1 assist out of LF last season as he has a very strong throwing arm.

26-year old lefty swinging Brandon Jones was once one of the Braves’ top prospects but he’s running out of time to reach his potential. Jones played in 5 games for the Braves last season and he was 4 of 13 (.308 avg, .778 OPS) with 2 runs scored and 1 RBI. Jones also played in 107 games in AAA-ball last season in which he was 108 of 384 (.281 avg, .779 OPS) with 50 runs scored, 7 homers, 57 RBIs and 6 stolen bases. Jones didn’t make any errors while showing poor range in LF in 4 games there in 2009.

27-year old switch hitting Delwyn Young is also available for P.T. in LF in 2010. He played in 4 games in LF last season in which he made 1 error while showing outstanding range. Young did have 1 assist in LF last season which shows he has a semi-decent throwing arm.

PROJECTED GRADE FOR LF IN 2010: C+