2025 Pittsburgh Pirates

I see they swept Detroit. Not paying much attention but will tune back in when (I hope) Malcolm Nunez and Cam Devanney are on the left side of the infield.
They don’t have to be the 27 Yankees, if they could just consistently score 3 runs a game they could be respectable.

 

Buster Olney's intro in an article on the trade deadline I read on this morning:

"It would be ideal if every MLB team were so desperate to win that they would do whatever it takes. But in an industry with so many variables from team to team -- roster composition, payroll commitment, market size, owner ambition, fan rabidity and history -- some organizations are willing to go further and do more than others.

The New York Mets paid more in luxury taxes last season ($97 million) than the Pittsburgh Pirates have dedicated to payroll this season, and Pittsburgh could attempt to reduce salary commitments even further at this year's trade deadline."

 

Here's a scenario that I always wonder about.
Most GM's wait until the last week before the trading deadline to get real aggressive. It's not often that you see a trade well in advance of that time. But consider the case of Andrew Heaney - what would the return have been 3-4 weeks ago? I realize that GM's probably hold off to enhance a players value in a trade, but here's an example where the return has tanked to at best, nothing more than a fringe prospect. And in that time frame, the Bucs position in the standings hasn't changed. If they had engaged in serious discussion then, the return would have likely been more substantial. Think High A prospect vs. a rookie ball participant.

Now, possibly every GM in the league looking for pitching help knew that Heaney would probably fall off a cliff and waited it out, but the Bucs whould have been better served aggressively trying to move him. Of course, the flip side is we all wanted them to release Pham every day for the first 3 months of the season and they didn't. Now, he may return a higher prospect than Heaney ever would have.

Hoping that Keller returns a ML ready bat when he gets moved. Just don't trust Cherrington. If he makes a deal with Boston or Toronto, I'll freak out. Neither team has MLB ready talent that could help the Bucs next year that isn't already in the bigs. I really like the kid from the Cubs, Owen Caissie.

 

I think in part it's your thought about some wanting to get the best deal, with others it's part of deciding whether to be buyers or sellers, and if the latter there's the underlying desire to keep as many cheeks in the seats for as long as possible.

 

Tommy Pham saved us from being no-hit last night. That was the last free game from Xfinity so that is it for me watching them.

 

How many one run games has this team lost?

 

I thought those games were just like horseshoes and hand grenades.

 

[QUOTE="Javvy, post: 1418679, member: I really like the kid from the Cubs, Owen Caissie.[/QUOTE]
He strikes out 30% of the time but that is the world we live in now, where utility infielders strike out at a higher rate than Reggie Jackson or Willie Stargell. I would definitely trade Keller for Owen Caissie. He is a tailor made trade target for the Pirates, some sting in his bat, MLB ready, and blocked by decent players on his team.

 

Well guys, If .200 is the Mendoza line. What is .100. Suwinski is now batting .096.
I have the name for it, THE END OF THE LINE!!!.

Stolen from another message board. How the F you in MLB batting .096?

Bright side, they got Skenes some runs. Now if they hold on he'll get a win.

 

Raise it. Should have easily swept the series with those Futbol scores until today. Most bad hitting pitchers (back when they still were allowed to hit) had averages higher than Suwinski's. That's just horrible. Maybe they could pay someone to take him, please. Cruz is having some bright moments mixed in with his also low B.A. Scoring from 1st on a single today was awesome. Will he make the 30-30 club this year? 13 more HRs needed. Wonder if anyone gets dumped this week?

 

Skenes has allowed one run or fewer in 14 of 22 starts this season after doing it 14 times as a rookie.
Shame he has to play in Pittsburgh.
Like I said before, any other team he wins 20 games
Gone are the days of the city of champions.
Pens suck
Steelers look like the most desperate team, going as far as looking for talent in nursing homes

 

Salary dump time Bob. Save that money.

 

All MLB games free on Tuesday, including Bucs at Frisco. But you geezers on the east coast will need a grandpa nap and permission from the Home to stay up that late with a 9:45pm start time. I can remember when night games started at 8pm with west coast games (LA & SF) starting at 11pm. Thank goodness for tiny transistor radios that were easily concealed under the sheets.