OnlyBucs

<r>6E434E5F58495E1E1D2C0 wrote: I think that Williams, Cherington, and now Williams have all been good hires. For the first time since 2015, I’m optimistic a out the future of the team. I still think they need to tear down and rebuild, but I believe these three positions are key and I think the Pira...

<t>There are certainly legitimate reasons for optimism regarding the Pirates, but I agree with Bobster. I too will be shocked if Nutting changes his miserly spending ways. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> My optimism about the Pirates centers on the fact that Williams, Cherington and Shelton all appear to be...

All of a sudden I like Musgrove, Moran, Feliz and Martin a lot more than ever before.

<t>0B1632303E5B0 wrote: Nutting and the new president, Travis Williams are doing small sit down meetings with just a few members of the press at a time through that day.  Some of the sound bytes are becoming available.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> This was compelling to me from the PG's Jason Mackey:<br/>...

<r>David Freese announces his retirement: <URL url="https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/david-freese-announces-retirement-after-11-seasons/1pvnzr7a58dm115afu0y2xwjdr"><LINK_TEXT text="https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/new ... fu0y2xwjdr">https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/david-freese-a...

<t>Before spring training I came to the realization that my thoughts about the Pirates were depressingly negative. As a consequence, and because of my respect for the members of OBN, I decided that I should refrain from posting here so as not to drag others down with my negativity. <br/> <br/> <br/>...

<r>0E392F3F0A2D2225220B0D4C0 wrote: Friend was a tremendous pitcher for the Pirates. I really believe had he pitched with New York or Brooklyn/ Los Angeles, he would be a member of the Hall of Fame...He pitched for some really bad Pirate teams in the 50's. Friend was consistently one pitcher who kep...

Didn't NH sign David Freese as a FA in March? By the Pirates' bargain basement shopping standard it's still very early in the game. Oh, and just in case NH misses a few bargains with his laissez-fair style, no problem; we like our internal options very much, thank you. ::)

<t>220F02131405125251600 wrote: No reason to even dream about this. They aren't going to commit $25M plus to a guy when they are not expressing any desire to move to a payroll over 100M. If they were to make a decision to boost their target payroll, it would still be questionable, as then you are co...

He's probably figuring out the number of hours remaining on his current contract.