Dodint's Thread of Pirates 23-24 Offseason Optimism

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Sun Jan 07, 2024 8:08 am

Thought I heard that they were pre-screening all Q&A questions for the fest.

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Sun Jan 07, 2024 8:44 am

Sounds terrible lol.

Palacios is on the 40 man though right?

I stand corrected

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Sun Jan 07, 2024 8:44 am

Thought I heard that they were pre-screening all Q&A questions for the fest.

There was a few questions from the crowd and only one was about payroll

Postby **LeopardLetang** » Sun Jan 07, 2024 8:45 am

I hope he isn't soon though

Postby **willeyeam** » Sun Jan 07, 2024 9:33 am

Manaea to the Mets. I'm sure we just missed out

Postby **LeopardLetang** » Sun Jan 07, 2024 10:42 am

Did Kenneth TK see this gem?

Postby **willeyeam** » Sun Jan 07, 2024 10:46 am

Postby **Troy Loney** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:08 pm

Chapman signed. Okay.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:14 pm

More details: Report: Pirates agree to 1-year, $10.5M deal with Aroldis Chapman
https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/2828420

Postby **willeyeam** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:17 pm

Postby **willeyeam** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:20 pm

He's gonna be so easy to hate when he ends up sucking

Postby **Morkle** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:23 pm

Guess Pirates are alllergic to starters.

Postby **King Colby** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:24 pm

Hes still good

Postby **Troy Loney** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:36 pm

Yeah, I had no idea how good he was last year.

10.5 for a lights out 8th inning guy, and insurance for bednar is way more valuable than a scrub starter.

And one way to improve the rotation is to extend the bullpen. Moves Holderman out of a high leverage role and puts him in with a few guys.

Postby **King Colby** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:40 pm

Someone still has to start

Postby **willeyeam** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:42 pm

Hes still good

He was last year, not so much the couple before that. Hopefully he still has that form

Postby **Troy Loney** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:43 pm

Indeed.

Right now it would be Roansy and priester, with falter and Ortiz. Obviously v bad, with Skenes coming in June and brubaker later as well. I would take a low ceiling, low risk type just to have a body and push priester down the depth chart

Postby **willeyeam** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:44 pm

**** it just sign Bauer too now

Postby **willeyeam** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:45 pm

Indeed.

Right now it would be Roansy and priester, with falter and Ortiz. Obviously v bad, with Skenes coming in June and brubaker later as well. I would take a low ceiling, low risk type just to have a body and push priester down the depth chart

We keep forgetting Mitch

Postby **King Colby** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:54 pm

Mitch, gonzales, Perez

Priester, wolf, falter, Ortiz, roansy

I dont think you can get 2 good enough ones out of those 5

Postby **King Colby** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:59 pm

**** it just sign Bauer too now

Yes

Postby **willeyeam** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:59 pm

Will they get two good ones out of the first three is the big question

Postby **Troy Loney** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 9:01 pm

Indeed.

Right now it would be Roansy and priester, with falter and Ortiz. Obviously v bad, with Skenes coming in June and brubaker later as well. I would take a low ceiling, low risk type just to have a body and push priester down the depth chart
We keep forgetting Mitch

Meant to say those falter and Ortiz are the next two up.

Completely interchangeable right now.

Agree with signing bauer. That would be ideal, don’t really care that he’s a pos

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 10:52 pm

Hoping to hear some smack my dodint up next season at pnc

Postby **King Colby** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 8:59 am

Will they get two good ones out of the first three is the big question

2 probably. 3 unlikely.

At least the bullpen is probably good