Hacksaw Jim Duggan wrote:
We'll have someone say that average joe X has some good advanced metric stat numbers where if he does this and that he'll be a great middle reliever and totally worth the trade value! Thus the life of a defender.
In reality, if you want an informed trade opinion, this is Jason Schmidt for ryan vogelsong, Armando rios, and john vander wal.
You're losing out on the best piece, boys, because the pirates are too cheap to pay their man and too incompetent/cheap to give him any supporting cast.
This will be another offseason where the pirates are going to have multiple starting pitching spots vacant (about 15+ years rolling; where are all those wonderful pitching prospects I hear so much about?? fortythree? remember? You promised me like 10 years ago!), so get ready for all the 35+ guys, retreads, and long relievers "getting their shot". This happens every year. It's NOT an organizational strategy, it's trying to run a business as cheaply as possible while also not managing to produce any viable pitching prospects despite trade avenues, multiple high draft picks, and international dollars.
One is intentional; the other incompetence.
Best owner/management team in baseball.
20+ years of sub .500 ball is on the horizon.
See you later, McCutchen. You were a leaderless prick, but at least you tried. I welcome the 25-year-old busted pitching prospect, the 10th ranked prospect of a team with a poor prospect pool , and a high-priced 26-year-old Ty Wiggington utility player equivalent you'll get the Pirates in return.
well said...sad.
