OnlyBucs

<t>426F62737465723231000 wrote: And plan on paying to keep a player or two into free agency.<br/> <br/> <br/> Yes.  Especially if it’s a pitcher that took a couple years to develop.  But we know the most expensive FA years to buy out.  <br/> The player has to want to stay. And when the Pirates are n...

And plan on paying to keep a player or two into free agency.

<t>735E53424554430300310 wrote: We want the team to win in 2021.  It surprises me that others feel perfectly fine with punting seasons away.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> I don't buy into this slow motion nonsense.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> My impression is that this is where our major differences are.<br/> I...

What about Kendall? No questioning whether Sanguillen is worthy, Kendall has better numbers over 44 fewer games as a Pirate. Manny has rings and is WAY cooler, but should they consider Jason?

<t>0134232328112323282F23460 wrote: Every time the players union questions BOB's wicked ways, he gets defended by the commissioner's office.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> BOB has the incentive not to win, and it looks to me that the incentive to compete for a championship isn't strong enough to make up the...

<t>I do not understand what Bob's plan is. I don't see a relocation viable without expansion, and I think cities would rather have an expansion team than the Nutting owned Pirates. I believe that the new GM/Manager was simply an effort to keep the team's grip on more season ticket-holders than they ...

<t>173A37262130276764550 wrote: It only took 2 innings for Bell's throwing issues to be on display. Too bad he can't DH. Oh, wait......<br/> <br/> <br/> Bell is a butcher at 1st.  Still not Alvarez butcher (3B), but I'd almost go Moran at 1st, Hayes at 3B and Bell DH the rest fo the year.  Make him ...

24050D240F07600 wrote: I won't miss Osuna. 


That applies to so much of this roster :-[

<t>0E232E3F38293E7E7D4C0 wrote: The Pirates' financial constraints not only prevent them from acquiring impact player via free agency but it also prevents them from acquiring impact players via trades since such players come with large contracts. They traded for Archer despite his declining producti...

<t>0E3B2C2C271E2C2C27202C490 wrote: Which brings us back to our owner.  This organization is where it is, because of him.  [highlight]Is there a single person on this board who thinks we'll keep Bell?  [/highlight]Are we going to trade him because we have talent pushing him off the roster, or is it ...