It wasn't a surprise that the Pirates were going to deal Xavier Nady. And New York was one of the destinations that had been mentioned as a possible landing point. But it was Queens, not the Bronx, where most people thought he would wind up if he were to make a return to the Big Apple.

The Yankees had more to offer than the Mets, though, in terms of prospects. While the deal that finally went down was different than the one originally reported, including here, the latest version would seem to benefit the Pirates more than the one that was being discussed as fact Friday night.

Pittsburgh received a high-ceiling outfielder in Jose Tabata along with three aboveaverage right-handers that could step in and help the parent club immediately. It was a big step up from the deal that was originally being bandied about 24 hours earlier.

Here's a closer look at what the Pirates received from the Yankees for Nady and Damaso Marte.

Jose Tabata, OF: The headlines in the New York tabloids at one point last season had the audacity to liken Tabata to Manny Ramirez. He's young, he's talented and he was supposed to be one of the prospects on whom the Yankees were keeping a firm hold. But along with being young and talented, he's also temperamental so maybe the Manny comparisons weren't too far off after all.

Tabata bolted from the Trenton Thunder at the end of April in an incident that may have ultimately played a role in making him a future Buc instead of a future Bomber. He had been struggling through the first month of the season when his frustrations came to a head on April 26 at New Britain. After striking out for the second time against the Rock Cats in the Eastern League contest, Tabata went into the visiting clubhouse, picked up his belongings and left the stadium.

The Yankees suspended him for three days and welcomed him back after he apologized and copped to being immature. He was hitting .200 when he walked out on the team. He's hit .270 since returning, raising his average to .248. Tabata has three homers, 36 RBIs, 10 stolen bases and a bunch of unanswered questions that have cropped up about his makeup since the incident.

If he can put this behind him and continue to rebound and play the way he played early on in his career with New York, then the Pirates could have a nice young outfielder to build around. He hit .314 as a 17-year-old in the Gulf Coast League in 2005 and was hitting .305 at Charleston (South Carolina) of the South Atlantic League the following July when he was hit by a pitch on the right wrist.

Doctors struggled to make a diagnosis and he played with a sore hand for much of 2007 before having the hamate bone removed in August. Still, he hit .307 in the Florida State League and had 54 RBIs.

While there was talk that he was the heir apparent to Bobby Abreu in right field, his inconsistencies and obvious immaturity have tarnished his reputation as being one of the brighter prospects in baseball.

Ross Ohlendorf, RHP: Ohlendorf was with the Yankees the first three months of this season after appearing in six games for them last year. His big claim to fame is that he was part of the trade that sent Randy Johnson back to the Diamondbacks in January of 2007.

Ohlendorf has seen considerable time at the Triple-A level over the last three seasons and had appeared in 25 games out of the bullpen for the Yanks this year. He was 1-1 with a 6.53 ERA. He has been used mostly as a starter throughout his career since the Diamondbacks took him in the fourth round out of Princeton in 2004.

His departure from New York coincided with Sidney Ponson's arrival. Ohlendorf was 1-1 with a 4.03 ERA in five starts for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre of the Triple-A International League. He took the loss in his last start, a 5 2/3-inning effort against Richmond on Thursday in which he allowed four runs on nine hits.

Jeff Karstens, RHP: Karstens was selected by the Yankees in the 19th round of the 2003 Draft out of Texas Tech. He snaked his way through the system, eventually reaching New York in 2006, when he went 2-1 with a 3.80 ERA in eight games (six starts) for the Bombers.

He appeared in only seven games for the Yankees last year because of injuries. Karstens suffered from a tender elbow near the end of Spring Training and then went down for an extended period of time after suffering a fractured right leg at the end of April against the Red Sox.

Karstens appeared to have the best shot at earning the long man spot in the New York pen this season, but pulled his right groin -- incidentally it was on a pitch to Nady -- and didn't return to action until the middle of May. Since his return, he's made 12 starts for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, posting a 6-4 record with a 3.80 ERA. He's won three consecutive starts, including a 5 2/3-inning stint at home on Friday against Rochester.

Daniel McCutchen, RHP: The big right-hander from Oklahoma experienced some early hiccups after the Yankees made him a 13th-round selection in 2006. He was hit with and served a 50-game suspension for violating MLB's performance-enhancing drug policy, but laid the blame on some prescription drugs he took while in school.

The Yanks seemed satisfied with his explanation and he came back strong last year, going 14-4 with a 2.47 ERA while splitting time between the Florida State and Eastern Leagues. He was 2-0 in two playoff starts for the Thunder as they won the EL title.

McCutchen is 8-9 with a 3.14 ERA in 20 starts split between Trenton and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre this season. He's won his last three outings and has a 2.39 ERA over his last 26 1/3 innings. There was some discussion about moving him to the bullpen because of his aggressiveness and attack-the-hitter style on the mound. But that hasn't materialized.

Overall, he's got a good low-90s fastball that moves, whether it's a two-seamer or four-seamer. And his curveball remains an effective out pitch.