Where Have you gone, Andy Van Slyke asks why the Pirates took so long to promote Steve Pearce to AA? My question is why do you trade for LaRoche when you have this person in your minors? His seasonal age for 2007 is 24. At this point, he should be much higher than AA, he should be ready for the big leagues. If he continues to hit like this at AA, the Pirates should seriously consider bringing him to the majors. Pittsburgh owns too many old minor leaugers. There's no use letting another player age in their system.