BASEBALL Pirates deal Redman to Royals for Bayliss

Pittsburgh is trying to trim some payroll after getting Sean Casey from Reds.
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Eager to get a starting pitcher who can get them deep into games, the Kansas City Royals swung a trade Wednesday for Mark Redman -- the second left-handed starter dealt by the Pittsburgh Pirates in as many days.
The Pirates, looking to trim some payroll after picking up first baseman Sean Casey and his $8.5 million salary from the Cincinnati Reds Wednesday, get pitcher Jonah Bayliss and a player to be named from the Royals.
To fill relievers job
Bayliss, a 25-year-old right-hander, is expected to fill one of the right-handed relievers' jobs left open in the Pirates bullpen after they chose to not bring back relievers Jose Mesa, Brian Meadows and Rick White from a 95-loss team.
Bayliss made 11 relief appearances with the Royals as a rookie this year, going 0-0 with a 4.63 ERA. He pitched recently in the Arizona Fall League and had a 3-0 record and 4.98 ERA in 11 appearances with the Surprise Scorpions.
The Royals will be the sixth team in six seasons for the 31-year-old Redman, who is coming off the worst season of a career that began with the Minnesota Twins in 1999. He was 5-15 with a 4.90 ERA in 30 starts for Pittsburgh during an uneven season.
Redman, given the second worst run support of any NL starter, was 4-4 with a 2.80 ERA after 14 starts but finished the season 1-11 with a 7.20 ERA in his final 16 starts.
Before the winter meetings in Dallas, manager Buddy Bell said the Royals were determined to add a quality starter who could pitch a number of innings and take some strain off an overworked bullpen.
Got more flexibility
Pittsburgh sought to deal Redman before the trading deadline but could find no takers, partly because of his $4.5 million player option for 2006. By shedding Redman's salary, the Pirates have the flexibility to make more moves after adding Casey, who is expected to be the team's highest-paid player next season even if the Reds pick up as much as $2 million of his salary.
Pittsburgh general manager Dave Littlefield has dealt two-fifths of his rotation in two days by trading left-hander Dave Williams (10-11) to the Reds and Redman.
However, the Pirates are overloaded with left-handed starters in 2005 rookies Zach Duke and Paul Maholm, 2005 opening day starter Oliver Perez and Sean Burnett, who had a promising start to his career in 2004 before sitting out last season after having shoulder surgery.
"We're an organization that has some depth, and there's obviously some other things that we have to try to get done to the club," manager Jim Tracy said.
Still have other interests
The Pirates plan to bump their payroll from the low $30 million range to the upper $40 million range next season, and that could allow them to another two more veteran players to improve a deficient offense. They are believed to be interested in free agent third baseman Bill Mueller and also might try to trade for Washington outfielder Brad Wilkerson.
"We're not a finished product yet by any stretch of the imagination," Tracy said.
The Pirates acquired Redman last winter in the deal that sent catcher Jason Kendall and much of the remaining $40 million-plus of his contract to Oakland.
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