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<t>My list of Untouchables includes:<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> 1) Meadows, who may need to replace Cutch as early as July of this year.<br/> <br/> 2) Keller, who will need to replace Cole about 2 years from now<br/> <br/> 3) Newman, who is the heir replacement to Jody Mercer next year. <br/> <br/> <br/...

<t>If you want to acquire talent through trades, you've got to be willing to offer real value for that talent. Quintana, because of both his talent and his contract, warrants any team that wants him to pony up. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> The Bucs need to offer some real talent to headline the deal. In ...

<t>Unbelievable!<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Even if Nova tanks, based on his overall performance with the Pirates at the end of the season, there is reason to believe that Nova can be a plus pitcher for the Bucs. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Way to go NH. Good signing. Starting to feel that there is a glimme...

<t>I hate dealing top prospects, but the ability to keep a pitcher of Quintana's caliber for 4 years at very reasonable money likely makes it worth it. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> In looking at the current prospects, I likely line up with Tim Wililams at PP2 regarding who I would center the deal around....

<t>In the current market $11 mil for 2 years is a cheap risk. That said, with the Pirates, every dollar counts and using $5.5 mil on a reliever who may not be productive could greatly diminish the likelihood of the team signing another meaningful starter. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> As always, hoping fo...

I would label that return a big ouch. I wouldn't make that prospect deal. And, as much as I like Marte, I would rather deal him if that what it took than those prospects.

<t>I supported the Pirates trying to trade McCutchen, provided the team received a reasonable return. I am glad that NH did not simply deal him away to save salary. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> I don't know why McCutchen fell off the cliff production wise for most of last year, but regardless of why it h...

<t>Lloyd McLendon, as a manager. On the old board I wrote many a long thread about Lloyd and his lack of in-game management skills. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> No individual player, but I particularly dislike a player, be it Cutch, Marte, Polanco, Rodriguez or any of the lot who go to the plate with wha...

<t>Yes, the Pirates should be in on Sale, whose price likely went up even further after Melancon was able to get $62 mil for 4 years and Rich Hill got $48 mil for 3 years. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Thus, my note to Pirate management: Pitching isn't cheap and good pitching clearly isn't cheap.<br/> <br...

<t>While I know it would never happen, perhaps the Bucs acquire enough young talent through a McCutchen trade that they could turn around and offer a package to the White Sox that was headlined by Robles for Sale. And, because the Bucs had partly restocked the farm system by adding good minor league...