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i will withhold comment until i read confirmation that the option was actually declined

Over on bucsdugout somebody mentioned the transaction has been deleted. So possibly it was an error (no pun intended)

i will withhold comment until i read confirmation that the option was actually declined

This is nonsense. GROW A PAIR AND TAKE A STANCE DAMN IT!

i will withhold comment until i read confirmation that the option was actually declined

This is nonsense. GROW A PAIR AND TAKE A STANCE DAMN IT!

this would be incredibly dumb if they declined it, but I don't see any reputable source confirming they denied it?

wth, Escobar resigned with the D'Backs for 3 years 21M.

i will withhold comment until i read confirmation that the option was actually declined

This is nonsense. GROW A PAIR AND TAKE A STANCE DAMN IT!

this would be incredibly dumb if they declined it, but I don't see any reputable source confirming they denied it?

So you're saying that you don't believe South Koreans are reputable?

Yes, exactly

They've updated their transactions page http://m.mlb.com/pit/roster/transactions/

Kang no longer on the list and on the 40-man

https://www.bucsdugout.com/2018/10/31/1 ... ang-option

Update: MLB has confirmed that this entries on the transaction and roster pages were an error on their part, and that the Pirates have not yet made a decision on whether to exercise Kang’s option.

JHay option declined. No surprise there

lol, Kang declined too.

All this drama today for no reason.

Well unless they turn around and sign him to a couple years for less per year that's absolutely idiotic

Service time question for those brighter than me on the subject. Would picking up the option preclude Kang from getting any time in the minors, ie he'd have to be DFAd and subject to waivers. Perhaps they have another deal on the table with minor league options. If that's even possible? Just trying to figure out how they can rationalize this

$5 million is all the rationalizing you need

unless they are convinced he is a stiff at this point

I'm not sure I buy the $5MM price tag as the reason tbh. They paid Clint effing Barmes more than that

I'm not sure I buy the $5MM price tag as the reason tbh. They paid Clint effing Barmes more than that

Didn't he have more veteranosity though?

The Pirates today announced that Rick Eckstein has been hired as the club’s new hitting coach.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Pirates/stat ... 6075665408

I’m willing to go out on a limb and guess that he was the cheapest option.

Rick H. Eckstein (born March 4, 1973) was a hitting coach for the Kentucky Wildcats baseball team. Formerly he was an advanced scout and assistant hitting coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He is the former hitting coach for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Eckstein?wprov=sfla1

Zack von Rosenberg is lsu’s Punter. What the hell?

Zack von Rosenberg is lsu’s Punter. What the hell?

Lol I've followed him on Twitter since his prospect days and realized this some point last year. What a weird thing

So Hayden hurst is playing tight end and ZVR is punting. Any word on if Danny Moskos is playing running back in canada or something?

Moskos? He did leave the country, but he's not in Canada.

http://www.torosdetijuana.com/?sp_playe ... &id=446290

JHay option declined. No surprise there

Corey Dickerson won a gold glove.

https://mobile.twitter.com/RawlingsSpor ... 1792940034

Kang, one year deal.