Jack Wilson to stay in Seattle

Jenifer Langosch/MLB.com

For any of you Pirates fans (and I know there are a lot of you who fit in this category) who were holding out hope that shortstop Jack Wilson would make a return to Pittsburgh, I’m sorry to squash those hopes.

On Friday, Wilson and the Mariners agreed to a deal that will keep the shortstop in Seattle through 2011. The two-year deal is worth $10 million.

Wilson, who was traded to Seattle on July 29 in a seven-player deal, left Pittsburgh with the door still open for a possible return. In fact, he confirmed with me on Friday that if he had become a free agent, he would have strongly considered returning to the Pirates if Pittsburgh had shown interest in resigning him.

As it turns out, though, Wilson’s offer from the Mariners was too good to pass up. The deal that Wilson signed with Seattle was worth $2 million more than the two-year extension the Pirates offered the shortstop back in July.

Wilson hit .244 in 31 games with Seattle, but was plagued by injuries during his two-month stint there.

With Wilson’s deal, now both he and Freddy Sanchez have signed multi-year deals with the clubs that acquired each in July.

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