2016-2017 Official My Goodness I'm Old Pittsburgh Pirates Off-Season Thread

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 1:37 pm

Here is his wiki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Gosselin

Postby **Troy Loney** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 1:43 pm

I thought I saw he was primarily a second baseman. I think it says more about Harrison and Hanson.

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 1:49 pm

According to Rumbunter on twitter this is more a Sean Rod replacement than anything.

Postby **columbia** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 1:55 pm

Not necessarily.

Trading for a waiver wire quality player is fairly SOP for the Bucs.

Postby **Troy Loney** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 2:06 pm

This sort of low level transaction probably requires little analysis.

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 2:11 pm

https://twitter.com/BiertempfelTrib/sta ... 1434049536

Postby **columbia** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 2:11 pm

Yet, you've already provided some.

Postby **Troy Loney** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 2:12 pm

Biertempfel...**** that guy.

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 2:18 pm

Advantage is a full year of Kate Gosselin reaction gif's...

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 2:21 pm

Pirates love to head into spring training with a overflowing dumpster hoping to find one turd worth polishing.

Postby **willeyeam** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 2:52 pm

Biertempfel...**** that guy.

Amen

Postby **columbia** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 2:54 pm

What's your beef with him? (I don't have the interest in figuring out the nuances of beat writers.)

Postby **Troy Loney** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 2:59 pm

What's your beef with him? (I don't have the interest in figuring out the nuances of beat writers.)

He had a pathetic PSU twitter meltdown.

Postby **willeyeam** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 4:34 pm

He's just an all around jag. I unfollowed him a while ago on the tweeter but he's just a bitter man. People would correct his typos in tweets and he would go off on them

Postby **willeyeam** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 4:34 pm

What's your beef with him? (I don't have the interest in figuring out the nuances of beat writers.)
He had a pathetic PSU twitter meltdown.

This too

Postby **Factorial** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 4:41 pm

Bucs sell the naming rights to McKechnie Field:

A 15-year naming rights agreement announced today changes the name of the Pirates’ spring training stadium from McKechnie Field to LECOM Park.

LECOM is an acronym for Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pira ... 1702100221

Postby **NailedPenguin** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 8:46 pm

Advantage is a full year of Kate Gosselin reaction gif's...

And everyone at 93.7 the fan will spend 162 days/nights pretending they're the first one to post it

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Sat Feb 11, 2017 9:59 am

Baseball America's new top hundo:

6. Austin Meadows
22. Mitch Keller
23. Tyler Glasnow
35. Josh Bell
55. Kevin Newman

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Sat Feb 11, 2017 10:43 am

Is is interesting watching Newman continue to move up.

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 7:50 am

https://twitter.com/adamdberry/status/8 ... 4488567811

Postby **columbia** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 7:55 am

Obviously we don't know where the Kang situation is headed, but I'm pleased that roster is an upgrade over this time last year.

Postby **dodint** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 8:24 am

Yinz hear Cutch moved to RF?

Was a decision by committee, real proper n'at.

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 10:09 am

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2017/2/11/145 ... g-training

The Tribune Review is reporting that the Pirates’ acquisition of Phil Gosselin was indeed partially related to the possible unavailability of Jung-Ho Kang. There aren’t any specifics, beyond the fact that Kang’s February 22 trial date will keep him away during the early part of spring training. Of course, there are three issues beyond that: the possibility of jail time, the possibility/likelihood of a suspension from MLB or the Pirates, and the unknown implications for the Green Card process. GM Neal Huntington’s explanation of the Gosselin trade:
“It absolutely does serve as insurance (for Kang's absence) if needed,” Huntington said. “But we also have been looking for an extra right-handed hitter, and Gosselin is a guy who can play multiple positions.”