OnlyBucs

<t>It's insanity in San Diego. Some of these contracts for middling players - or length of contract for fairly good players - are mind blowing. Seems like the GMs do this every few years and then come back to their senses for a couple (after signing too many albatross contracts) ... before doing it ...

<t>466A62656E497E68780B0 wrote: The roster, as would be expected for a team with a record as lousy as the Pirates and that is loaded with mediocre players, appears to be in a constant state of flux.   Three more players designated in the past 3 days; Diaz, Yajure, Sanchez, and only 1 of them, saw an...

<r>705D50414657400003320 wrote: The Pirates announced Wednesday that they’ve designated first baseman Lewin Diaz for assignment   <URL url="https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/11/pirates-dfa-lewin-diaz.html"><LINK_TEXT text="https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/11/ ... -diaz.html">https://www.mlbtrad...

<t>752335212E34242F223507202A262E2B6924470 wrote: I see more positives to this signing than negatives.  To me, he was signed in order to be traded at the deadline.  At his age, and with the team still likely two years away from competing, he wasn't brought in to fill a hole that will complete the li...

<r>As part of this Rule 5 strategy, BC added this to the mix, which I hadn't considered fully:<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> “We expect that we’re going to be adding more players to the 40-man over the course of the offseason and we need spots to do that,” Cherington said. “So, you try to account for how m...

<t>1D4B5D49465C4C474A5D6F48424E4643014C2F0 wrote: <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Utah, I agree that the loss of five players by Littlefield in that one Rule 5 draft looked really bad.  In fact, it was embarrassing, especially when he didn’t back that up by selecting anyone himself.  But other than Jose Bau...

<t>5F737B7C7750677161120 wrote: I too am surprised about not including Nunez on the list of protected players.  I have never seen him play, but he appeared to post good numbers in the minors this year. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> I am surprised that BC chose to hang onto Park, who appears to be a redund...

<t>6C4D456C474F280 wrote: This is good news.  I love the site and go there every day as well.  I hope they continue to have prospect lists for each of the teams in the minor league systems and let their fans know about Rule V eligibility and the number of options a play has left.  I will be waiting ...

<r>Just thought I'd put in a plug for <URL url="https://www.piratesprospects.com/">https://www.piratesprospects.com/</URL><br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> They have taken the paywall down and made the site free to anyone (contributions welcome). An everyday stop for me with even great reporting of players in...

<r>40736F6E6D65536E7569727564686F010 wrote: Endy Rodriguez and Liover Peguero have started winter ball in the Dominican. There may be others whose names I didn't pick out:<br/> <br/> <URL url="https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/leader.cgi?type=bat&id=3f25ed18"><LINK_TEXT text="https://w...