Roster moves.

[Babe Adams]

Question about the Tellez move: by doing this yesterday, are the Pirates able to freeze Tellez for the rest of the week? If the Brewers wanted to DH Tellez for a game, can the Pirates just say, "No, he's not released yet."

Point being that no one else can give him the plate appearances, either.

[Ecbucs]

Why did the Pirates keep Chapman all season?

I wonder if they are going to try to bring him back? Otherwise why not let him go in August to see if a contender would want him to save money?

Pretty much every thing this team does shouts" We don't know what we are doing!"

[PooperScooper !]

Tellez was lucky to last this long and made a bunch of money. Good riddance. Guy had 5 weeks of lightning and that's it.

[Possum]

As bad as Tellez was for the Bucs and should have been gone earlier in the season, the thing that pisses me off is when it was finally done with just 4 plate appearances needed to earn a $200,000 bonus. That shows that Nutting is too much of a delegator to put a stop to GMBC doing it and making future FA etc not want to come to play in Pgh.

[fjk090852-7]

As bad as Tellez was for the Bucs and should have been gone earlier in the season, the thing that pisses me off is when it was finally done with just 4 plate appearances needed to earn a $200,000 bonus. That shows that Nutting is too much of a delegator to put a stop to GMBC doing it and making future FA etc not want to come to play in Pgh.

You are so right. Why would a good free agent player want to sign with the Pirates ? Nutting is so disgusting. The taxpayers helped build that beautiful ballpark, and he won’t spend the money to put a competitive team on the field. I know it won’t happen but MLB should really come down on him. He is despicable!

[3pirates3]

https://x.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1838981251019272496

https://x.com/Alscoop16/status/1839015685151764803

[fjk090852-7]

https://x.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1838981251019272496

The Pirates are getting national media attention. It sure is sad we have a penny pinching owner. How disgusting!

[fjk090852-7]

https://x.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1838981251019272496

https://x.com/Alscoop16/status/1839015685151764803

Perfect to hear former Pirate Al Oliver speak out on this cheapness. I guess Al won’t join the Bucs Hall of Fame for several more years!

[Wildwoodcoach]

I am glad this is getting National attention. It won't do any good but
Nutting won't like it.

[fjk090852-7]

Add former Buc CSN as another player who called out the Pirates on this release of Rowdy with four ab remaining for a bonus. I hope more players call out the Pirates.