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<t>I think that they brought him up at the right time. He is ready. Remember that he had a slow start in his first half year at AAA with the bat. This has been a strange, lost year. We get an extra year of control and there is no super two status. Hayes could be as great as Cutch- maybe better becau...

36-24! Average: .271

Hayes is rookie of the year!

Bell hits 25 homers!

Good news! Priceline refunded my non-refundable hotel reservations at the Hyatt Place right across the street from PNC! Amazing!

<t>I have purchased 4 tickets for 3 Pirates ganes on June 5, 6, and 7-- or 12 tickets, about $700 purchase. My hotel room through Priceline is non-refundable. I will try to get Priceline to change their mind, but I got a good price. Out $500 on the room.It will be interesting to see how MLB deals wi...

<t>I have tickets for three games against the Cardinals the first week in June, for my annual trip from Schenectady, NY, 488 miles away. I hope they play the games, since I guaranteed my hotel room in order to get a great price. Order was placed in November before the first reported case of COVID-19...

I have four tickets for three games against the Cardinals on June 5,6 and 7. Could be the opening series. However, I think that we could lose the entire season. Which is hard to take!

Should they have hired a consulting firm to hire the consulting firm to advise them who to hire as a general manager?

<t>I am tired of trading players to save money.Keep Marte, make him a qualifying offer,. He signs, you have an excellent outfielder for 3 years. He doesn't sign, you have an excellent outfielder for 2 years and a draft pick.The team's payroll should be $120-150 million. Sign 2 starters a!nd a catche...

<t>Marte, Bell, and Reynolds are our only[ above average everyday players, while Newman has a shot to become one. It appears that our hitting coach knows how to help develop talent. Perhaps our new pitching coach will too. I think that Marte will age better than Cutch, and is worth an extension. Som...

Jay Bell should be out top candidate. AAA manager for Yankees, who have embraced analytics. Yankees know how to develop young players and that is what we need. Excellent career with Pirates is a plus.