2019-2020 Pittsburgh Pirates Off-Season Thread
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 10:46 am
Blow it up, you can get meaningful pieces for Bell and Marte. I'd like to hang onto Reynolds.. Newman - I don't see anyone giving up anything of any worth.
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Honestly, I'm good with the blow-up. Don't blow smoke up our ass saying that this team can compete, when it can't. Get young, get actually good at scouting and developing and go full Marlins/Athletics.I think everyone should be OK with a blowup. Reynolds/Bell/Newman isn't a playoff contending core, and bell is going to be a free agent after 2022 anyways. Hayes and Tucker seem to be major league contributors, but are they part of a playoff contending core? And the starting rotation stinks.Looking at the comments from this Cherington presser, there's a 100% chance he blows the team up in 2020.
The article says they will likely let Diaz go and bring in someone else suggesting Russell Martin as a possibility.We'll get Stallings and Diaz and we'll like it. Is there really any other way this will go?
The Pirates set their roster in advance of the 2019 Rule 5 Draft tonight, selecting the contracts of right-handers Blake Cederlind and Cody Ponce as well as infielders Ke’Bryan Hayes, Will Craig and Oneil Cruz. In a corresponding series of moves, the Pirates have designated lefty Williams Jerez and right-handers Dario Agrazal, Montana DuRapau and Luis Escobar for assignment.
Yeah him and Bogaerts are two guys that were acquired during his tenure but while he was part of the organization. I don’t know how much credit a GM or a assistant deserves for drafts and signings but i do know that the 5af pirate crew dedicated a lot of work hours bashing the hell out of the pirates drafting over the past 30 years.Betts was drafted in 2011, he could have maybe been part of that?
He was assistant GM for that draftBetts was drafted in 2011, he could have maybe been part of that?
Bashing the drafting cannot go without bashing the development. The two went hand in hand. Perhaps GMBC deserves some credit for the development of players.Yeah him and Bogaerts are two guys that were acquired during his tenure but while he was part of the organization. I don’t know how much credit a GM or a assistant deserves for drafts and signings but i do know that the 5af pirate crew dedicated a lot of work hours bashing the hell out of the pirates drafting over the past 30 years.Betts was drafted in 2011, he could have maybe been part of that?
I don't understand why they dropped Escobar. There are still some absolute trash pitchers on the 40 man, Maybe it has to do with options, I guess it's better to have some scrubs like Holmes and Neverauskas that they can option to Indy with no threat of them being claimed. They would have to likely keep Escobar on the 25 man, and he still needs more time in the minors.The Pirates set their roster in advance of the 2019 Rule 5 Draft tonight, selecting the contracts of right-handers Blake Cederlind and Cody Ponce as well as infielders Ke’Bryan Hayes, Will Craig and Oneil Cruz. In a corresponding series of moves, the Pirates have designated lefty Williams Jerez and right-handers Dario Agrazal, Montana DuRapau and Luis Escobar for assignment.
I don't get the move either. Escobar has good stuff and is only 23. Saw a lot of dodinting online and frowny faces about Agrazal. Dude is a nothing pitcher who put up ass stats. Jettisoning players like that is the first step to turning this ship around.I don't understand why they dropped Escobar. There are still some absolute trash pitchers on the 40 man, Maybe it has to do with options, I guess it's better to have some scrubs like Holmes and Neverauskas that they can option to Indy with no threat of them being claimed. They would have to likely keep Escobar on the 25 man, and he still needs more time in the minors.The Pirates set their roster in advance of the 2019 Rule 5 Draft tonight, selecting the contracts of right-handers Blake Cederlind and Cody Ponce as well as infielders Ke’Bryan Hayes, Will Craig and Oneil Cruz. In a corresponding series of moves, the Pirates have designated lefty Williams Jerez and right-handers Dario Agrazal, Montana DuRapau and Luis Escobar for assignment.
He throws hard as ****. I imagine that alone is enough to earn him a shot with a new front office and coaching staff.Someone must really love Dovydas to keep him around this long.
I don't think he'll get claimed, but I could see him going in the Rule 5 Draft given his former prospect status and the expansion to a 26 man roster.No one is claiming Escobar
That's what I meant. Didn't think of waivers, but I don't believe teams will use a rule 5 pick on him. We'll seeI don't think he'll get claimed, but I could see him going in the Rule 5 Draft given his former prospect status and the expansion to a 26 man roster.No one is claiming Escobar